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Cruise Of Shadows
''Cruise of Shadows: Haunted Stories of Land and Sea'' () is a 1931 short story collection by the Belgian writer Jean Ray. It was Ray's second collection, written during a prison sentence he served from 1926 to 1929 for "misappropriation of funds". It contains "The Gloomy Alley", one of Ray's most famous stories, which first was published in English in 1956 as "The Tenebrous Alley". ''Cruise of Shadows'' was published in English in 2019, translated by Scott Nicolay. Contents * "The Horrifying Presence" * "The End of the Street" * "The Last Guest" * "Dürer, the Idiot" * "Mondschein-Dampfer" * "The Gloomy Alley" * "The Mainz Psalter" References External links Wakefield Press {{Jean Ray 1931 short story collections Short story collections by Jean Ray Prison writings ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Ray (author)
Jean Ray is the best-known pseudonym among the many used by Raymundus Joannes de Kremer (8 July 1887 – 17 September 1964), a prolific Belgian (Flemish) writer. Although he wrote journalism, stories for young readers in Dutch by the name John Flanders, and scenarios for comic strips and detective stories, he is best known for his tales of the fantastique written in French under the name Jean Ray. Among speakers of English, he is famous for his macabre novel '' Malpertuis'' (1943), which was filmed by Harry Kümel in 1971 (starring Orson Welles). He also used the pseudonyms John Flanders, King Ray, Alix R. Bantam and Sailor John, among others. Biography Ray was born in Ghent, his father being a minor port official, his mother the director of a girls' school. Ray was a fairly successful student but failed to complete his university studies, and from 1910 to 1919 he worked in clerical jobs in the city administration. By the early 1920s he had joined the editorial team of the ''Jo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scott Nicolay
Scott Nicolay (born April 16, 1963) is an American author of weird fiction. Nicolay's "Do You Like to Look At Monsters?" received the World Fantasy Award for Best Short Story in 2015. He resides on the Navajo Nation in New Mexico. Nicolay hosts ''The Outer Dark'', a weekly podcast about weird fiction. Biography Nicolay was born in New Jersey and studied at Rutgers University. At the age of 26, he moved to the Navajo Nation in New Mexico, where he later taught school. Nicolay is a poetry enthusiast and has translated poetry and fiction from French. He has been active in youth poetry slam movements. Nicolay spent time as an active caver and archaeologist. He used the name ''Ana Kai Tangata'', a cave he had studied on Easter Island, for the title of his first book of collected short fiction. The cave's name is associated with cannibalism in the Rapa Nui language Rapa Nui or Rapanui (, Rapa Nui: , Spanish: ), also known as Pascuan () or ''Pascuense'', is an Eastern Polyn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Los Angeles Review Of Books
The ''Los Angeles Review of Books'' (''LARB'' is a literary review magazine covering the national and international book scenes. A preview version launched on Tumblr in April 2011, and the official website followed one year later in April 2012. A print edition premiered in May 2013. Founded by Tom Lutz, Chair of the Creative Writing Department at the University of California, Riverside, the ''Review'' seeks to redress the decline in Sunday book supplements by creating an online “encyclopedia of contemporary literary discussion.” Coverage The ''LARB'' features reviews of new fiction, poetry, and nonfiction; original reviews of classic texts; essays on contemporary art, politics, and culture; and literary news from abroad, including Mexico City, London, and St. Petersburg. The site also proposes looking seriously at detective fiction, thrillers, comics, graphic novels, and other writing often dismissed as genre fiction, and printing reviews of books published by univer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1931 Short Story Collections
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Short Story Collections By Jean Ray
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