Mike Ashley
Mike Ashley is the author and editor of more than 100 books, and is one of the foremost historians of popular fiction. His books include Adventures in The Strand (British Library, 2016), Out of This World, a brief illustrated history of science fiction (British Library, 2011), and The Age of Storytellers: British Popular Fiction Magazines 1880-1950 (British Library, 2005). Most recently he is the author of a multi-volume history of science fiction magazines, published by Liverpool University Press.
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Books by Mike Ashley
Speculative Fiction Books
Doorway to Dilemma: Bewildering Tales of Dark Fantasy (British Library Tales of the Weird #9 / 59)
2019 | horror, psychological horror, weird fiction, short stories, dark
Thing of Darkness
2013 | horror, gothic horror, psychological horror, weird fiction
Tales of the Supernatural
1983 | fantasy, horror, psychological horror, weird fiction, short stories
Comics and Anthology
Weird Sisters (British Library Tales of the Weird #57 / 59)
2025 | horror, gothic horror, psychological horror, weird fiction, anthology, short stories | Release date January 16, 2025
Fear in the Blood (British Library Tales of the Weird #47 / 59)
2024 | horror, gothic horror, psychological horror, weird fiction, anthology, collection, short stories
The Ways of Ghosts: And Other Dark Tales by Ambrose Bierce The Ways of Ghosts: And Other Dark Tales by Ambrose Bierce (British Library Tales of the Weird #37 / 59)
2023 | horror, gothic horror, psychological horror, weird fiction, anthology, collection, short stories, dark
The Flaw in the Crystal: And Other Uncanny Stories by May Sinclair (British Library Tales of the Weird #36 / 59)
2023 | horror, gothic horror, psychological horror, weird fiction, anthology, collection, short stories
Weird Horror Short Stories (Gothic Fantasy)
2022 | science fiction, horror, gothic horror, psychological horror, weird fiction, anthology, collection, short stories
The Ghost Slayers: Thrilling Tales of Occult Detection cover The Ghost Slayers (British Library Tales of the Weird #29 / 59)
2022 | horror, gothic horror, psychological horror, weird fiction, anthology, collection, short stories
Shadows on the Wall (British Library Tales of the Weird #28 / 59)
2022 | horror, psychological horror, weird fiction, anthology, collection, dark
Queens of the Abyss (British Library Tales of the Weird #18 / 59)
2020 | horror, gothic horror, psychological horror, weird fiction, anthology, short stories
A Phantom Lover (British Library Tales of the Weird #15 / 59)
2020 | horror, gothic horror, psychological horror, weird fiction, anthology, collection, short stories
The Platform Edge (British Library Tales of the Weird #6 / 59)
2019 | horror, psychological horror, weird fiction, anthology, short stories
Glimpses of the Unknown (British Library Tales of the Weird #3 / 59)
2018 | horror, gothic horror, psychological horror, weird fiction, anthology, collection, short stories
From the Depths (British Library Tales of the Weird #1 / 59)
2018 | horror, gothic horror, psychological horror, weird fiction, anthology, short stories
Moonrise
2018 | science fiction, anthology
The Mammoth Book of Sorcerers' Tales
2004 | fantasy, anthology