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Basil Copper
Includes bibiography, essays, stories & scripts by Copper.
Basil Copper
Stephen Jones examines the life of Basil Copper, a leading Gothic author, who also writes hard-boiled detective novels.
The Great White Space
"The best writer in the genre since H. P. Lovecraft." - Los Angeles Herald-Examiner "Outstanding in the genre." - August Derleth "In the same class as M.R. James and Algernon Blackwood." - Michael and Mollie Hardwick "One of the last great traditionalists of English fiction." - Colin Wilson Frederick Plowright, a well-known scientific photographer, is recruited by Professor Clark Ashton Scarsdale to accompany his research team in search of "The Great White Space," described in ancient and arcane texts as a portal leading to the extremities of the universe. Plowright, Scarsdale, and the rest of their crew embark on the Great Northern Expedition, traversing a terrifying and desolate landscape ...
The Werewolf
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And Afterward, the Dark
Macabre tales with the theme of death and darkness are set in medieval times, Tyrolean countryside, the present, and the future
Necropolis
"A feverish gaslight gothic that's as rich in Sherlock Holmes-like atmosphere as it is in ghoulish doings." - Kirkus Reviews "A dark, exotic Gothic thriller . . . Excellent!" - Booklist "A gothic mystery in the truest sense. . . . Copper has written in the grand tradition of A. Conan Doyle and created a spellbinding narrative of mystery and suspense." - The Press-Courier Set in an alternate Victorian London, where Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson are not just fictional characters, Basil Copper's Necropolis (1980) is a tale of mystery and intrigue worthy of Arthur Conan Doyle or Wilkie Collins. Private detective Clyde Beatty, a rival of the great Holmes, has been hired by the lovely Angela Mere...
The Werewolf
Draws from legend, fact, and the arts to reveal the origins of the werewolf, the creature's deeds of horror, and its haunting role in films and literature
The Long Rest
The laconic L.A. private investigator Mike Faraday is engaged by wily old lawyer Ingolstadt to deliver evidence which will clear Sternwood, a notorious racketeer, of a murder charge. Sternwood happens to be innocent on this occasion and Mike is only persuaded to take the case by Shelley Beeching, Ingolstadt's nubile assistant. But when Mike is almost chopped in a blazing car shoot-out in which four mobsters are killed, he suspects that Ingolstadt is setting him up...
The Vampire
In the pages of this fascinating book appear Bram Stoker and his famous creation, Count Dracula; Sheridan Le Fanu's Carmilla; Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson investigating a Sussex vampire; and that celebrated creature, E.F. Benson's Mrs. Amworth. Here too will be found analysis of classic silent films and discussions of key works of the sound film. Discussed also are real-life acts of vampirism, such as those of Fritz Hoarman and John George Haigh. **Lightning Print On Demand Title
