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Irish Ghost Stories
A new, lyrical collection of famous stories and the less well-known.
A collection of characteristically playful yet philosophical Irish ghost stories from authors such as Oscar Wilde (The Canterville Ghost), Sheridan Le Fanu (The Child That Went With The Fairies, Stories Of Lough Guir), Charles Maturin (extracts from Melmoth the Wanderer ), Lord Dunsany ('The Sword of Welleran') and Fitz-James O'Brien ('The Diamond Lens', 'What Was It?').
FLAME TREE 451 : From myth to mystery, the supernatural to horror, fantasy and science fiction, Flame Tree 451 offers a healthy diet of werewolves and mechanical men, blood-lusty vampires, dastardly villains, mad scientists, secret worlds, lost civilizations and escapist fantasies. Discover a storehouse of tales gathered specifically for the reader of the fantastic.
A collection of characteristically playful yet philosophical Irish ghost stories from authors such as Oscar Wilde (The Canterville Ghost), Sheridan Le Fanu (The Child That Went With The Fairies, Stories Of Lough Guir), Charles Maturin (extracts from Melmoth the Wanderer ), Lord Dunsany ('The Sword of Welleran') and Fitz-James O'Brien ('The Diamond Lens', 'What Was It?').
FLAME TREE 451 : From myth to mystery, the supernatural to horror, fantasy and science fiction, Flame Tree 451 offers a healthy diet of werewolves and mechanical men, blood-lusty vampires, dastardly villains, mad scientists, secret worlds, lost civilizations and escapist fantasies. Discover a storehouse of tales gathered specifically for the reader of the fantastic.
- GenresShort Stories
256 pages, Paperback
Published December 13, 2022
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About the author
Maura McHugh
72 books73 followersMaura McHugh is a writer living in Galway, Ireland.
She has a MA in Irish Gothic, and a MA in Screenwriting. Her short fiction, poetry, and essays have appeared in publications in America and Europe. She's published two collections - Twisted Fairy Tales and Twisted Myths - in the USA, and her new collection The Boughs Withered When I Told Them My Dreams was published by NewCon Press in 2019.
She's written several comic book series for companies like Dark Horse and IDW, and most recently Judge Anderson for 2000 AD, and is also a screenwriter, playwright, a critic, and has served on the juries of international literary, comic book, and film awards. She's written a monograph on David Lynch's iconic film Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me, published by Electric Dreamhouse Press/PS Publishing, which was nominated for a 2018 British Fantasy Award for Best Non Fiction.
Her short story 'Bone Mother' was adapted into a short stop-motion animated film by Sylvie Trouvé and Dale Hayward of the See Creature animation company, produced by the National Film Board of Canada’s Animation Studio, and premiered at Festival Stop Motion in Montreal in September 2018.
Maura's sf rom-com radio play The Love of Small Appliances was broadcast on NearFM in Ireland in June 2019.
She has a MA in Irish Gothic, and a MA in Screenwriting. Her short fiction, poetry, and essays have appeared in publications in America and Europe. She's published two collections - Twisted Fairy Tales and Twisted Myths - in the USA, and her new collection The Boughs Withered When I Told Them My Dreams was published by NewCon Press in 2019.
She's written several comic book series for companies like Dark Horse and IDW, and most recently Judge Anderson for 2000 AD, and is also a screenwriter, playwright, a critic, and has served on the juries of international literary, comic book, and film awards. She's written a monograph on David Lynch's iconic film Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me, published by Electric Dreamhouse Press/PS Publishing, which was nominated for a 2018 British Fantasy Award for Best Non Fiction.
Her short story 'Bone Mother' was adapted into a short stop-motion animated film by Sylvie Trouvé and Dale Hayward of the See Creature animation company, produced by the National Film Board of Canada’s Animation Studio, and premiered at Festival Stop Motion in Montreal in September 2018.
Maura's sf rom-com radio play The Love of Small Appliances was broadcast on NearFM in Ireland in June 2019.
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Displaying 1 - 6 of 6 reviews
November 13, 2023
It's a collection of short stories, so some are better than others. Averages out to 3 stars because they were mostly good and it made for a good spooky season read
April 28, 2024
This one was hard to finish. It wasn’t what I thought I was getting into when I bought it, but I was determined to finish it. It had a hard time holding my interest.
January 2, 2024
Amazing collection of stories. Reminds me of how much I like the Irish style of writing. My favourite story was the enchanted castle under Lough Guir, the Earl Of Desmond’s castle. Historically rich, an ode to our aural culture and past. Would reccomend to fantasy and mythology lovers!!
March 17, 2024
3 stars
A solid collection. Some more frightening than others but all interesting. I did enjoy The Canterville Ghost which I had somehow never managed to read before, though it was more humorous than creepy. Some of the others were quite eerie.
A solid collection. Some more frightening than others but all interesting. I did enjoy The Canterville Ghost which I had somehow never managed to read before, though it was more humorous than creepy. Some of the others were quite eerie.
June 4, 2023
Good selection of stories. The best by far is 'The Canterville Ghost' by Oscar Wilde. One extra star for that! 😄
March 11, 2024
3.5
Overall good, but the abridging of Melmoth the Wanderer was a bit strange. I'm not sure I would've been able to follow it if not for the fact that I've already read the (entire/unabridged) novel.
Overall good, but the abridging of Melmoth the Wanderer was a bit strange. I'm not sure I would've been able to follow it if not for the fact that I've already read the (entire/unabridged) novel.
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