I've just finished reading a relatively little known collection of supernatural fiction by Ulric Daubeny called The Elemental published by Ash-tree a few years ago. I got it at a reasonable, if not cheap, price on eBay before Christmas and I must say it's a fun read with some novel and well crafted takes on the supernatural tale. He possibly is guilty of over explaining, so I can't describe many of these tales as truly weird, but certainly most equal to many of the staples found in the Oxford Book of English Ghost Stories and other such anthologies. Worth checking out if you can get it at the right price.
I see Centipede Press are bringing out a few collections of interest, however this review gives me with some trepidation: [
www.amazon.com] it obviously doesn't refer to the, as yet, unpublished collection of William Hope Hodgson that is pictured with (which hopefully will fix these errors), but to the exorbitantly expensive Masters of the Weird Tale edition that came out a few years ago, but, if true, such shoddy proofreading for what was a premium priced edition is hardly acceptable. Indeed, I'd be demanding a full refund. There's so few reviews of CP's stuff out there that it's very hard to judge their output, which is what puts me off... Will CP fix the errors in the new edition? Are these errors typical of their products? I must admit that I've not noticed any howlers in the Karl Edward Wagner collection I've read, nor in the Ligotti book either, so maybe this is a one off or maybe this review isn't accurate? I sure CAS' Eldritch Dark receives better treatment.
I thought I'd also pass on the news for those who don't know that Stephan Grabinski's Motion Demon has an affordable paperback release here: [
www.amazon.com] It's PoD, but seems sound enough. Also, I've read that Lipinski is working on a collection for Centipede Press... Better start saving!!