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In the borough of Lambeth, stay clear of the Old House in Vauxhall Walk and be careful up in Temple —there’s something not right about the doleful, droning hum of the telegram wires overhead . Join Elizabeth Dearnley on this atmospheric tour through the Big Smoke, a city which has long fueled the imagination of writers of the weird and supernormal. Waiting in the shadowy streets are tales from writers such as Charlotte Riddell, Lettie Galbraith, and British Library Publishing Queens of the Abyss : Lost Stories from the Summary: Women of the Weird It is too often accepted that during the 19th and early 20th Mike Ashley centuries it was the male writers who developed and pushed Pub Date: 11/1/20 the boundaries of the weird tale, with women writers $15.95 USD following in their wake—but this is far from the truth. This 320 pages new anthology follows the instrumental contributions made by women writers to the weird tale, and revives the lost authors of the early pulp magazines along with the often overlooked work of more familiar authors. See the darker side of The Secret Garden author Frances Hodgson Burnett and the sensitively-drawn nightmares of Marie Corelli and Violet Quirk. Hear the captivating voices of Weird Tales magazine contributors Sophie Wenzel Ellis, Greye La Spina, Lyons Press Sally Rand : American Sex Symbol Summary: She would appear in more than thirty films and William Elliott Hazelgrove be named after a Road Atlas by Cecil B Demille. A football Pub Date: 11/1/20 play would be named after her. She would appear on To Tell $26.95 USD the Truth. She would be arrested six times in one day for 280 pages indecency. She would be immortalized in the final scene of The Right Stuff, cartoons, popular culture, and live on as the iconic symbol of the Chicago World’s Fair of 1933. 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