The Supernatural and Fantastic in Short Detective Fiction

The Supernatural and Fantastic in Short Detective Fiction

Author: Laird R. Blackwell

Publisher: McFarland

Published: 2020-10-30

Total Pages: 215

ISBN-13: 1476639450

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Although fantasy and supernatural literature have long and celebrated histories, many critics contend that the fantastic and the supernatural have no place in the logical, rational, world of the detective story. This book is the first extensive study of the fantastic in detective fiction and it explores the highly debated question of whether detective fiction and the fantastic can comfortably coexist. The "locked room" mystery--which often uses the fantastic as a red herring to eventually be debunked by reason and logic--has long been among the most popular subgenres of detective fiction. This book also explores stories featuring almost supernaturally gifted detectives, stories where the supernatural is truly encountered, and stories with ambiguous endings. Close to 500 detective stories from 1841 to 2000, in which the fantastic or supernatural plays a central role, are discussed and analyzed. Although not all the stories are judged to be successful as detective tales, in the great majority, the fantastic enlivens the tale and deepens the mystery without weakening the detective elements.


On the Night Border

On the Night Border

Author: James Chambers

Publisher: Raw Dog Screaming Press

Published: 2019-09-12

Total Pages: 230

ISBN-13:

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Dark things stir in the night. When the world sleeps and quiet settles in, shadows assume sinister shapes, guilt and regret well up from the mind’s deepest recesses, and the lonely face their greatest fears. Darkness bares the secret truths whispered on the lips of the lost and the desperate. At night, terrors come alive. For those who journey too far into the dark, no escape remains—but there is a place from which to view these nightmares, a place...on the night border. The fifteen stories collected here come from the last edge of the light and deliver glimpses into the dreadful, the mysterious, and the strange. These stories offer readers unsettling and weird visions from across the border, visions out of history and from the world around us, visions of cosmic horror, personal madness, and agonizing heartbreak. A literary legend confronts the reality of a chaotic, uncaring universe. A young girl grows up in the shadow of a ferocious monster. A man seeks to kill his memories. Love defeats death in an odd world not unlike our own. An artist’s drawings unlock a terrifying truth of his adopted city. A mask burns. The mother of plagues offers a deadly future. Readers will find here all of these and many other visions of what lies on the far side of the line, including, by special arrangement, stories of Lin Carter’s Anton Zarnak and Kolchak, the Night Stalker. Walk up to the edge. Listen to the whispers on the wind. Peer across at the terrors beyond from your vantage point...on the night border!


The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories: 5

The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories: 5

Author: Ed Gorman

Publisher: Macmillan

Published: 2004-10

Total Pages: 470

ISBN-13: 076531147X

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An annual collection of more than thirty mystery stories from the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, and Germany includes pieces by such names as Ruth Rendell, Ed McBain, Barbara Hambly, Ian Rankin, and Joyce Carol Oates.


Lin Carter's Anton Zarnak Supernatural Sleuth

Lin Carter's Anton Zarnak Supernatural Sleuth

Author: C. J. Henderson

Publisher: Marietta Publishing Company

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781892669094

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This is the first complete fiction collection of Lin Carter's character Anton Zarnak. Zarnak was created by Carter to live and fight in the world of H.P. Lovecraft's mythos. These sixteen stories take you on the exciting supernatural adventures of Anton Zarnak. Written by Lin Carter, Robert M. Price, Joseph S. Pulver, Sr., Pierre Comtois, C.J. Henderson, John L. French, James Chambers, James Ambuehl, and Simon Bucher-Jones.


Encyclopedia of Fantasy and Horror Fiction

Encyclopedia of Fantasy and Horror Fiction

Author: Don D'Ammassa

Publisher: Infobase Learning

Published: 2015-04-22

Total Pages: 2061

ISBN-13: 1438140630

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Presents articles on the horror and fantasy genres of fiction, including authors, themes, significant works, and awards.


The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 2003

The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 2003

Author: Stephen Jones

Publisher: Robinson

Published: 2012-03-01

Total Pages: 480

ISBN-13: 1780337167

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The finest exponents of horror fiction writing today, Neil Gaiman, China Mieville, Ramsey Campbell, Kim Newman, Graham Joyce, Paul McCauley, Stephen Gallagher, Caitlin R. Kiernan, Basil Cooper, Glen Hirshberg, Jay Russell, feature in the world's premier annual horror anthology series, another bumper showcase devoted exclusively to excellence in macabre fiction. To accompany the very best in short stories and novellas is the year's most comprehensive horror overview and contacts listing as well as a fascinating necrology.


Sick

Sick

Author: John Edward Lawson

Publisher: Raw Dog Screaming Press

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 304

ISBN-13: 9780974503110

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The publishing world has just received its bill of health, and the prognosis isn't pretty. Literary marauders are rising up from the hazardous material bins labeled Horror, Surrealism, and Science Fiction. Here the pen is not merely mightier than the sword; it is a plague heralding the apocalypse for convention, writing a dirge for complacency. The stories herein explore illness in all its forms: physical, mental, and societal. These sick stories are horrendous, hilarious, and stupefying dissections of creative minds on the scalpel's edge.


Supernatural Literature of the World: P-Z

Supernatural Literature of the World: P-Z

Author: S. T. Joshi

Publisher:

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 596

ISBN-13:

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The literature of the supernatural has had a distinguished history over the past two centuries, and the incorporation of the supernatural in literary works can be traced back as far as classical antiquity.


The Bungalow Mystery #3

The Bungalow Mystery #3

Author: Carolyn Keene

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2014-05-01

Total Pages: 192

ISBN-13: 0448479710

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A special treat for Nancy Drew fans, and any reader who's new to the series! We're releasing a stunning new edition of an old favorite: The Bungalow Mystery, the third book in the incredibly popular, long-running series. It's the same exciting mystery that readers have fallen in love with for more than 80 years—Nancy Drew has to help Laura Pendelton retrieve her family jewels, but they have to act quickly! Now with a brand-new look, this is an edition that collectors won't want to miss!