A wolf at the door and other rare tales /
Tanith Lee, one of the world's best writers of fantasy and horror, wrote hundreds of stories within her lifetime, spanning many genres. In this collection are thirteen tales, most of which only appeared in magazines or rare anthologies.
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| Language: | English |
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Stafford, England :
Immanion Press,
[2019]
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| Summary: | Tanith Lee, one of the world's best writers of fantasy and horror, wrote hundreds of stories within her lifetime, spanning many genres. In this collection are thirteen tales, most of which only appeared in magazines or rare anthologies. "'A Wolf at the Door' implies hidden threat - until the door is open, we don't really know what's out there. It can also refer to misfortune, seen coming from a distance. And now the beast is upon youk scratching at the wood, its hot breath steaming on the step. Will you survive the encounter? Will the dawn save you - that good fortune you've longed for? The wolf might also be a metaphor for madness, another kind of predator that may creep towards a person unseen. Perhaps, once the door is opened, what you might have thought to be a threat turns out to be something else entirelty. But of course, it can also be a werewolf ..."--Page 4, cover. |
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| Item Description: | One of the most famouse short story by Tanith Lee -- A wolf at the door -- was first published in the present anthology (pages 29-32), and was later reprinted in the anthology A wolf at the door and other retold fairy tales (New York: Simon & Schuster, 2000. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, editors)--Daugther of the Night, an annotated Tanith Lee bibliography. Cushing Library Science Fiction copy donated by Storm Constantine for the Daughter of the Night collection. "Immanion Press would like to thank Jeremy Brett and his staff at the Cushing Memorial Library & Archives, Texas A&M University, for providing scanned archive copies of many of the stories in this book."--Page facing title page. ǂ5 TXM |
| Physical Description: | 294 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| ISBN: | 1912815044 9781912815043 |