Anthology of supernatural horror tales from 1914-1918 Britain, filled with ghosts, ghouls, and malevolent spirits as escapist fare.
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Anthology of supernatural horror tales from 1914-1918 Britain, filled with ghosts, ghouls, and malevolent spirits as escapist fare.
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The anxiety and dread of wartime Britain is recaptured in this anthology of horror stories and supernatural fiction dating from 1914 – 18. Rather than taking war as their theme, the tales offer readers escapist fare populated by ghosts, ghouls, and other malevolent spirits. Written amid the golden age of horror fiction — the decades between the turn of the twentieth century and 1940, when tales of terror and the weird flourished — these stories constitute forgotten gems by neglected masters. Sev...
What's Inside
will contain mild spoilers
Sexual content
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Minor romantic rivalry subplot in one haunted pavilion tale
Violence & gore
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Final minutes before a historical execution; ghostly visitations
Profanity
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Substance use
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LGBTQ+ Rep.
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Religious content
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Deal with the devil; execution of Anne Boleyn
Magic & witchcraft
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Reincarnation as an animal; time travel; ghostly visitations
Occult / demonology
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Ghosts, ghouls, malevolent spirits, demonic pact, haunted sites
Political content
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Wartime Britain 1914-1918 as historical backdrop
Self-harm / suicide
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Abuse & suffering
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Inheritance scheme via simulated haunting; impending execution
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