Polar Horrors: Strange Tales from the World's Ends

In the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, writers of the weird and supernatural constructed a literary Arctic and Antarctic in which terrors lay undiscovered in the ice and gateways to bizarre hidden worlds were waiting. This new collection showcases a wealth of neglected material and an overlooked niche of literature obsessed with the limits of human experience. Pulp tales of alien forces emerging from the ice and a battle between hunter and invisible man-eating duck creature drift alongside modern horror from indigenous Arctic voices to show the extent and endurance of the lure of these sublime landscapes.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 256 pages
Publication date: 10 November 2022
Publisher: British Library Publishing

Driven by the captivating tales of exploration parties in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, writers of the weird and supernatural embarked on a literary journey to create an Arctic and Antarctic realm teeming with untold terrors concealed within the icy expanses. From James Hogg's vivid portrayal of life among polar bears in The Surpassing Adventures of Allan Gordon to the eerie tales of mad science and ghostly encounters in the windswept landscapes of the southern continent, this new collection unveils a wealth of neglected material and an overlooked niche of literature that delves into the boundaries of human experience. Alongside the pulpy narratives of alien forces emerging from the ice and the thrilling battle between a hunter and an invisible man-eating duck creature, modern horror from indigenous Arctic voices emerges to showcase the enduring allure and mystique of these sublime landscapes.

Weight: 310g
Dimension: 130 x 189 x 32 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780712354424