Occult detectives—sometimes called psychic investigators—have been in vogue since the middle of the 19th century. This collection goes back to the roots of the occult detective story. The earliest story in this collection—Fitz-James O'Brien's "The Pot of Tulips"—originally appeared in 1855. Rare stories by Mary Fortune and Bayard Taylor, famous tales from the end of the 19th century by E. and H. Heron, plus 20th Century stories by Robert E. Howard, Edmond Hamilton, Manly Wade Wellman, Seabury Quinn, and many more round out the book…29 classic tales in all!

Included are:

THE POT OF TULIPS, by Fitz-James O'Brien

WHAT WAS IT? by Fitz-James O'Brien

THE HAUNTED SHANTY, by Bayard Taylor

Dr. Martin Hesselius in "GREEN TEA, " by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

MR JUSTICE HARBOTTLE, by J. Sheridan Le Fanu

THE UNINHABITED HOUSE, by Mrs. J. H. Riddell

THE PHANTOM HEARSE, by Mary Fortune

AYLMER VANCE AND THE VAMPIRE, by Alice and Claude Askew

THE DOOR INTO INFINITY, by Edmond Hamilton

Carnacki in "THE GATEWAY OF THE MONSTER, " by William Hope Hodgson

Carnacki in "THE HOUSE AMONG THE LAURELS, " by William Hope Hodgson

Carnacki in "THE WHISTLING ROOM, " by William Hope Hodgson

Carnacki in "THE HORSE OF THE INVISIBLE, " by William Hope Hodgson

Carnacki in "THE SEARCHER OF THE END HOUSE, " by William Hope Hodgson

Carnacki in "THE THING INVISIBLE, " by William Hope Hodgson

Flaxman Low in "THE STORY OF SADDLER'S CROFT, " by E. and H. Heron

Flaxman Low in "THE STORY OF BAELBROW, " by E. and H. Heron

Flaxman Low in "THE STORY OF YAND MANOR HOUSE, " by E. and H. Heron

Flaxman Low in "THE STORY OF KONNOR OLD HOUSE, " by E. and H. Heron

Flaxman Low in "THE STORY OF THE SPANIARDS, HAMMERSMITH, " by E. and H. Heron

Flaxman Low in "THE STORY OF SEVENS HALL, " by E. and H. Heron

Steve Harrison in "FANGS OF GOLD, " by Robert E. Howard

Steve Harrison in "THE TOMB'S SECRET, " by Robert E. Howard

Steve Harrison in "NAMES IN THE BLACK BOOK, " by Robert E. Howard

Steve Harrison in "GRAVEYARD RATS, " by Robert E. Howard

THE HALF-HAUNTED, by Manly Wade Wellman

Jules de Grandin in "THE JEST OF WARBURG TANTAVUL, " by Seabury Quinn

Jules de Grandin in "PLEDGED TO THE DEAD, " by Seabury Quinn

Jules de Grandin in "INCENSE OF ABOMINATION, " by Seabury Quinn

© 2013 Wildside Press (E-bog): 9781434443076

Release date

E-bog: 26. september 2013