The Living Stone: Stories of Uncanny Sculpture, 1858-1943

Handheld Press presents a collection of forgotten supernatural short stories by well-known authors, including Eleanor Scott, Edith Wharton, H. P. Lovecraft, and Arthur Machen, to frighten and redefine the birth of Weird fiction. The Living Stone is the ninth anthology in the Handheld Weirds series.

Format: Paperback / softback
Publication date: 31 October 2023
Publisher: Handheld Press

Handheld Press presents a chilling anthology of forgotten stories, designed to convince you that a mysterious stone hand may suddenly appear on your shoulder, or that a heavy object is slowly ascending the stairs when you least expect it. This collection features renowned authors of the uncanny, including Eleanor Scott, Edith Wharton, H. P. Lovecraft, and Arthur Machen, alongside lesser-known masters and mistresses of supernatural short stories, all aimed at sending shivers down your spine.

The authors featured in this anthology are a diverse group, including Sabine Baring-Gould, E. F. Benson, Nellie K. Blissett, Bernard Capes, James Causey, Robert W. Chambers, N. Dennett, W. W. Fenn, H. P. Lovecraft, Arthur Machen, W. C. Morrow, Oliver Onions, E. R. Punshon, Eleanor Scott, Clark Ashton Smith, and Edith Wharton. Henry Bartholomew, the editor of our Algernon Blackwood anthology, The Unknown (March 2023), has carefully curated this selection and penned the Introduction. The Living Stone will mark the ninth installment in the Handheld Weirds series, a series of landmark anthologies that redefine the origins of Weird fiction.

Weight: 302g
Dimension: 135 x 216 x 15 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781912766765