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Paperback The Villa and the Vortex: Supernatural Stories, 1916-1924 Book

ISBN: 1912766426

ISBN13: 9781912766420

The Villa and the Vortex: Supernatural Stories, 1916-1924

(Book #4 in the Handheld Weirds Series)

Melissa Edmundson, editor of Women's Weird and Women's Weird 2, has curated this selection of the best of Elinor Mordaunt's supernatural short fiction. Elinor Mordaunt was the pen name of Evelyn May Clowes (1872-1942), a prolific and popular novelist and short story writer, working in Australia and Britain in the first thirty-five years of the twentieth century.

Edmundson's stories blend the technologies and social attitudes of modernity with the classic supernatural tropes of the ghost, the haunted house, possession, conjuration from the dead and witchcraft. Each story is an original and compelling contribution to supernatural fiction, making this selection a marvelous new showcase for women's writing in the genres.

The Villa and The Vortex includes the following short stories:

The Weakening PointThe Country-sideThe VortexHodgeThe FountainLuzThe LandladyFour WallpapersThe Villa

"The Villa and the Vortex is a must-read for those who find themselves drawn to older weird fiction, and for those with a fondness for older supernatural and ghost stories." - What Sleeps Beneath

"An attractive, enjoyable collection of supernatural tales, including some real gems." - British Fantasy Society

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