But the rest of the line has been extremely impressive, so I’m willing to believe they’re not just pulling my leg with this one. “ The Power of Darkness or Tales of Terror? Bloody Hell, I’ll call it both.” You tell ’em, Edith!Īs an unanticipated side-effect of my gross ignorance of early 20th Century supernatural short fiction, I am surprised and delighted by this addition to the Wordsworth Tales of Mystery And The Supernatural imprint (or, as we like to call it, TOMAToS). I thought it was scandalous when JK Rowling wrote a book with sex in it, but that’s nothing compared to the head-twisting British schoolkids must have received opening their copy of The Power of Darkness - Tales of Terror.Īnd what’s with the two titles? It’s like she couldn’t decide what to call it. Right there on the back of my copy of the Wordsworth Edition paperback of The Power of Darkness - Tales of Terror are the words:Įdith Nesbit, best known as the author of The Railway Children and other children’s classics, was also the mistress of the ghost story and tales of terror. Yes, we’re talking here about Edith Nesbit, godmother of British fantasy and beloved author of The Enchanted Castle, Five Children and It, The Phoenix and the Carpet, and many others children’s classics.
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