Lurking Shadows: Shadow Tales in Classic Short Fiction

Menacing shadows, avenging shadows, impossible shadows . . . Shadows as metaphor, shadows as premonition, shadows as apocalypse . . . Does something deadly cast a shadow, or do the shadows themselves threaten? These 25 classic stories explore the theme of shadows in speculative fiction, whether tales of fantasy, horror, science fiction, or adventure. Stories include: The Shadow (Andersen), Shadow-A Parable (Poe), The Man without a Shadow: A New Version (O'Brien), The Shadow of a Shade (Hood), A Story of a Shadow (Davis), The Shadow in the Corner (Braddon), The Shadow Builder (Stoker), The Magic Shadow (Quiller-Couch), A Shadow Cast Before (Baum), The Shadow and the Flash (London), The Shadows on the Wall (Wilkins Freeman), The Portent of the Shadow (Nesbit), The Shadow of Good Fortune (Blissett), The Shadow-Dance (Capes), The Shadow (Ranger Wormser), Daylight Shadows (Burks), The Shadow of the Tower (Babeti), The Shadows (Whitehead), Devouring Shadows (O'Neail), The Double Shadow (Smith), A Disembodied Shadow (Pritchard), The Shadow on the Screen (Kuttner), Afraid of His Shadow (Calhoun), Night of Impossible Shadow (Harding), The Third Shadow (Wakefield).

• | Author: Edgar Allan Poe, Henry S. Whitehead
• | Publisher: Coachwhip Publications
• | Publication Date: Sep 06, 2022
• | Number of Pages: 382 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback/Fiction
• | ISBN-10: 1616465344
• | ISBN-13: 9781616465346