Re: Edward Lucas White (was Stories concerning Ghouls?)
Posted by:
Jim Rockhill (IP Logged)
Date: 16 August, 2003 09:48PM
Concerning Edward Lucas White: he was best known in his time as a writer of historical novels. Two collections published during his lifetime contain horror stories, THE SONG OF THE SIREN (1919) and LUKUNDOO AND OTHER STORIES (1927). The title tale of the first is the only supernatural tale in the book, though two others--"Disvola" and "The Flambeaux Bracket"--are also horrific tales based on White's vivid nightmares. The second collection is entirely devoted to weird stories.
Midnight House in Seattle has published two books of White's stories, collecting the man's complete weird fiction. THE HOUSE OF THE NIGHTMARE includes all of the tales from LUKUNDOO, except for the collaboratory tale "Floki's Blade", plus "The Song of the Sirens". This volume was edited by the publisher, John Pelan. The second volume, SESTA & OTHER STRANGE STORIES, edited by White authority Lee Weinstein, contains the remaining tale from LUKUNDOO, the two horrific (though non-supernatural) dream tales from THE SONGS OF THE SIREN, two poems and three tales never reprinted since their magazine appearance, and nine tales never before published anywhere. John's introduction to the first volume is interesting, but Weinstein's introduction and story notes to the second volume are indispensable. If you have any interest in White, you owe it to yourself to pick up both of these books.
Jim