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Mirror of the Night
From master storyteller E. C. Tubb comes ten chilling tales of dark fantasy and supernatural horror.
Set against a wall of trees, the old mansion squatted like a decaying beast, scabbed with lichen, beneath the sagging eaves. Lightning flashed over the twisted chimneys and brought into bright prominence the flaking bricks and mouldering tiles. The relic of a bygone age, to all appearances empty and with no sign of life as Stephen Aldcock and his wife, Diane, take refuge from the storm. But as lightning flashes again against the windows, some fickle form flickers in the glass.
Edwin Charles Tubb was a British writer of science fiction, fantasy and western novels. The author of over 140 novels and 230 short stories and novellas, Tubb is best known for The Dumarest Saga (US collective title: Dumarest of Terra) an epic science-fiction saga set in the far future. He has used 58 pen names over five decades. Edwin died in 2010.
Set against a wall of trees, the old mansion squatted like a decaying beast, scabbed with lichen, beneath the sagging eaves. Lightning flashed over the twisted chimneys and brought into bright prominence the flaking bricks and mouldering tiles. The relic of a bygone age, to all appearances empty and with no sign of life as Stephen Aldcock and his wife, Diane, take refuge from the storm. But as lightning flashes again against the windows, some fickle form flickers in the glass.
Edwin Charles Tubb was a British writer of science fiction, fantasy and western novels. The author of over 140 novels and 230 short stories and novellas, Tubb is best known for The Dumarest Saga (US collective title: Dumarest of Terra) an epic science-fiction saga set in the far future. He has used 58 pen names over five decades. Edwin died in 2010.
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191 pages, Kindle Edition
First published March 29, 2011
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E.C. Tubb
382 books85 followersEdwin Charles Tubb was a writer of science fiction, fantasy and western novels. He published over 140 novels and 230 short stories and novellas, and is best known for The Dumarest Saga (US collective title: Dumarest of Terra) an epic science-fiction saga set in the far future.
Much of Tubb's work has been written under pseudonyms including Gregory Kern, Carl Maddox, Alan Guthrie, Eric Storm and George Holt. He has used 58 pen names over five decades of writing although some of these were publishers' house names also used by other writers: Volsted Gridban (along with John Russell Fearn), Gill Hunt (with John Brunner and Dennis Hughes), King Lang (with George Hay and John W Jennison), Roy Sheldon (with H. J. Campbell) and Brian Shaw. Tubb's Charles Grey alias was solely his own and acquired a big following in the early 1950s.
An avid reader of pulp science-fiction and fantasy in his youth, Tubb found that he had a particular talent as a writer of stories in that genre when his short story 'No Short Cuts' was published in New Worlds magazine in 1951. He opted for a full-time career as a writer and soon became renowned for the speed and diversity of his output.
Tubb contributed to many of the science fiction magazines of the 1950s including Futuristic Science Stories, Science Fantasy, Nebula and Galaxy Science Fiction. He contributed heavily to Authentic Science Fiction editing the magazine for nearly two years, from February 1956 until it folded in October 1957. During this time, he found it so difficult to find good writers to contribute to the magazine, that he often wrote most of the stories himself under a variety of pseudonyms: one issue of Authentic was written entirely by Tubb, including the letters column.
His main work in the science fiction genre, the Dumarest series, appeared from 1967 to 1985, with two final volumes in 1997 and 2008. His second major series, the Cap Kennedy series, was written from 1973 to 1983.
In recent years Tubb updated many of his 1950s science fiction novels for 21st century readers.
Tubb was one of the co-founders of the British Science Fiction Association.
Much of Tubb's work has been written under pseudonyms including Gregory Kern, Carl Maddox, Alan Guthrie, Eric Storm and George Holt. He has used 58 pen names over five decades of writing although some of these were publishers' house names also used by other writers: Volsted Gridban (along with John Russell Fearn), Gill Hunt (with John Brunner and Dennis Hughes), King Lang (with George Hay and John W Jennison), Roy Sheldon (with H. J. Campbell) and Brian Shaw. Tubb's Charles Grey alias was solely his own and acquired a big following in the early 1950s.
An avid reader of pulp science-fiction and fantasy in his youth, Tubb found that he had a particular talent as a writer of stories in that genre when his short story 'No Short Cuts' was published in New Worlds magazine in 1951. He opted for a full-time career as a writer and soon became renowned for the speed and diversity of his output.
Tubb contributed to many of the science fiction magazines of the 1950s including Futuristic Science Stories, Science Fantasy, Nebula and Galaxy Science Fiction. He contributed heavily to Authentic Science Fiction editing the magazine for nearly two years, from February 1956 until it folded in October 1957. During this time, he found it so difficult to find good writers to contribute to the magazine, that he often wrote most of the stories himself under a variety of pseudonyms: one issue of Authentic was written entirely by Tubb, including the letters column.
His main work in the science fiction genre, the Dumarest series, appeared from 1967 to 1985, with two final volumes in 1997 and 2008. His second major series, the Cap Kennedy series, was written from 1973 to 1983.
In recent years Tubb updated many of his 1950s science fiction novels for 21st century readers.
Tubb was one of the co-founders of the British Science Fiction Association.
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December 12, 2019
Solid collection of 10 stories! 'Mirror of the Night' is certainly one of the hardest story presented here (Stephen and Diana spend the night in a deserted house in the Appalachians when Stephen's mind changes). 'The Ancient Alchemist' sounds great and has some nasty twist in story about an difficult old man and his servant. 'The Artist's Model' shows an artist obsessed by a ghost of a former inhibitant of the house who was also an artist. 'Snake Vengeance' probably was my favourite here. It's about a stolen ruby from a python idol (the story reminded me on Rider Haggard). The other stories splash softly ahead. 'State of Mind' was interesting. Henry and Susan are in a longtime relationship (she refers to knitting) when one day the situation escalates. Overall a good collection of pulp stories. Not too exciting, not too violent, sometimes with an interesting twist but nothing over-the-top. It was okay but not too remarkable either.
April 25, 2025
dnf. second story bored me to death
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