Heavy Weather: Tempestuous Tales of Stranger Climes
Heavy Weather: Tempestuous Tales of Stranger Climes
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'The sound seemed everywhere; it seemed to emanate from the unleashed forces od the storm itself; its rasping moan was a demoniacal cry, screaming a weird defiance into the teeth of the mighty monsoon.'
Since ancient times literature has been awash with tales of strange weater; accounts of nature's real destructive power blending into mythology, fantasy and folklore. This new collection gathers the best stories of ecological upset, nightmarish meterological extremes and inexplicable atmospheric phenomena from the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, when pioneering authors began to weave the otherworldliness of environmental disturbances into supernatural or uncanny experiences.
With stories from Algernon Blackwood, Herman Melville, Mary Shelley, Daphne du Maurier and many more, this foray into severe wintes, stifling heats, roiling oceans and piercing gales offers the perfect read on a rainy day - or night.
Kevan Manwaring is Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing at the Arts University Bournemouth, whose research explores science fiction, folk tales, fantasy, the weird, horror and climate fiction. He is also the author of several short story collections and novels, including the award-winning Black Box (2018).
Format: Paperback, 320 pages
ISBN: 9780712353588
Publisher: British Library Publishing
Published: 18 February, 2021
Weight: 302 g
Dimensions: 190 x 129 x 30 mm
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