Wordsworth Editions
Another in the fabulous Wordsworth Editions Tales of Mystery and the Supernatural. This one is the work of a lady by the name of Gabrielle Margaret Vere Long writing under her most prolific pseudonym Marjorie Bowen in the early 20th century.
The stories here show a writer of singular imagination and the ability to distill her story into a very neat parcel. These stories tell of dreams ('The Fair Hair of Ambosine'), obsession ('The Crown Derby Plate'), revenge ('Florence Flannery'), greed ('Elsie's Lonely Afternoon'), cruelty ('The Bishop of Hell' & 'The Scoured Silk') and more.I think it a grave disservice that the lady is not more celebrated as these are a fine selection of excellently crafted tales of the supernatural.
- There are a large number of her short stories and a novel listed for free reading on the following website -
https://ebooks.adelaide.edu.au/b/bowen/marjorie/https://ebooks.adelaide.edu.au/b/bowen/marjorie/
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