Thing of Darkness
It was an empty shrine, too old, too tired to survive the night's long vigil and shock of battle-an empty shrine, but not marred, not touched by hurt or evil. The Thing Of Darkness had left no shadow in the calm sightless eyes, no lines of terror or dismay on the peaceful worn old face; only deep exhaustion. A victor fallen at the goal.
Contents
Ancient Dooms essay by Mike Ashley
1. Thing of Darkness (1937) novelette
2. The Grave at Goonhilly (1930) novelette
3. The Doomed Treveans (1928) short story
4. The Devil's Graveyard (1924) novelette
5. The Dark Star (1937) novelette
6. The Lord of the Tarn (1927) short story
7. From the Dark Halls of Hell (1932) novelette
8. The Black Monk (1938) short story
9. The Whistling Corpse (1937) novelette
10. The Withered Heart (1939) short story
11. The Sin Eater (1938) novelette
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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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