John Howard is an English author, born in London in 1961. His fiction has appeared in anthologies, magazines, and the collections ''The Silver Voices'', ''Written by Daylight'', ''Cities and Thrones and Powers'', and ''Buried Shadows''. The majority of Howard's stories have central and eastern European settings; many are set in the fictional Romanian town of Steaua de Munte. ''The Defeat of Grief'' is a novella set in Steaua de Munte and the real

Black Sea The Black Sea is a marginal sea, marginal Mediterranean sea (oceanography), mediterranean sea lying between Europe and Asia, east of the Balkans, south of the East European Plain, west of the Caucasus, and north of Anatolia. It is bound ...

resort of

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; the novellas "The Fatal Vision" (in ''Cities and Thrones and Powers'') and ''The Lustre of Time'' form part of an ongoing series with Steaua de Munte architect and academic Cristian Luca as protagonist. ''Numbered as Sand or the Stars'' attempts a 'secret history' of

Hungary Hungary is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning much of the Pannonian Basin, Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Croatia and ...

between the World Wars. John Howard has published three collections jointly written with

Mark Valentine Mark Valentine is an English short story author, editor and essayist on book-collecting. Short stories Valentine's short stories have been published in a number of collections and in anthologies. ''The Collected Connoisseur'' (Tartarus Press, 201 ...

. ''Secret Europe'' comprises 25 short stories set in a variety of real and fictional European locations. Ten of the stories are by Howard and fifteen by Valentine. The expanded edition published in 2014 added an introduction and an extra story by Mark Valentine. ''Inner Europe'' (2018) is in the same vein, and comprises six stories by Howard and seven by Valentine. ''Powers and Presences'' (2020), ''This World and That Other'' (2022), and ''Possessions and Pursuits'' (2023) are tributes to the 'theological thrillers' of Charles Williams. Howard contributed a story to ''Dreams of Ourselves'', an anthology published in tribute to the Portuguese writer

Fernando Pessoa Fernando António Nogueira de Seabra Pessoa (; ; 13 June 1888 – 30 November 1935) was a Portuguese poet, writer, literary critic, translator, and publisher. He has been described as one of the most significant literary figures of the 20th c ...

. Contributors and editor used Pessoa heteronyms, with the authors' names only revealed in the sealed envelope supplied with each copy of the book. Since 2003 John Howard has occasionally collaborated on short stories with

. Seven have featured Valentine's long-running series character The Connoisseur, an occult detective whose real name is never revealed. All tales of The Connoisseur then extant, including the collaborations, were reprinted in ''The Collected Connoisseur'' (

Tartarus Press Tartarus Press is an independent book publisher in Coverdale in North Yorkshire, England.

, 2010). John Howard has written essays for numerous magazines including ''Book and Magazine Collector'', ''Supernatural Tales'', ''Wormwood'', ''Studies in Australian Weird Fiction'', and ''All Hallows'' for the Ghost Story Society. He contributed essays to the

Fritz Leiber Fritz Reuter Leiber Jr. ( ; December 24, 1910 – September 5, 1992) was an American writer of fantasy, horror, and science fiction. Along with Robert E. Howard and Michael Moorcock, Leiber is one of the fathers of sword and sorcery. Life ...

special issue of ''Fantasy Commentator'' (No. 57/58, 2004) and to the books ''Black Prometheus: A Critical Study of

Karl Edward Wagner Karl Edward Wagner (12 December 1945 – 14 October 1994) was an American writer, poet, editor, and publisher of horror, science fiction, and heroic fantasy, who was born in Knoxville, Tennessee and originally trained as a psychiatrist. He wr ...

'' ( Gothic Press, 2007), ''Fritz Leiber: Critical Essays'' (McFarlane, 2008), and ''The Man Who Collected Psychos: Critical Essays on

Robert Bloch Robert Albert Bloch (; April 5, 1917September 23, 1994) was an American fiction writer, primarily of crime fiction, crime, psychological horror fiction, horror and Fantasy Fiction, fantasy, much of which has been dramatized for radio, cinema and ...

'' (McFarlane, 2009), all edited by Benjamin Szumskyj. Most of these essays were included in ''Touchstones: Essays on the Fantastic'' (2014), which was a British Fantasy Award nominee the following year. In 2013 Howard took over the review column Camera Obscura in

Tartarus Press Tartarus Press is an independent book publisher in Coverdale in North Yorkshire, England.

' journal '' Wormwood'', which he conducted until it ceased publication in 2022.

Bibliography

Books: Story collections and novellas *''The Rite of Trebizond and Other Tales'' (with Mark Valentine), Bucharest: Ex Occidente Press 2008 *''The Collected Connoisseur'' (with Mark Valentine), Leyburn: Tartarus Press 2010; 2019 (expanded edition) *''The Silver Voices'', Bucharest: Ex Occidente Press 2010; Dublin:

Swan River Press Swan River Press is an independent Irish publishing company dedicated to Gothic fiction, gothic, Supernatural fiction, supernatural, and Fantasy literature, fantastic literature. It was founded in Rathmines, Dublin in October 2003 by Brian J. Show ...

2014 (new edition); paperback 2022 *''The Defeat of Grief'', Bucharest: Passport Levant 2010 *''Secret Europe'', Bucharest: Exposition Internationale 2012; Leyburn: Tartarus Press 2014 (expanded edition); paperback 2019 *''Numbered as Sand or the Stars'', Bucharest: Exposition Internationale 2012 *''Written by Daylight'', Dublin:

2013; paperback 2024 *''Cities and Thrones and Powers'', Bucharest: Les Editions de l'Oubli 2013 *''The Lustre of Time'', Bucharest: L’Homme Récent 2015 *''Visit of a Ghost'', Bucharest: Mount Abraxas 2017 *''Buried Shadows'', Shaftesbury: Egaeus Press 2017 *''Inner Europe'', Leyburn: Tartarus Press 2018; paperback 2020 *''A Flowering Wound'', Dublin:

2019; paperback 2024 *''The Voice of the Air'', Shaftesbury: Egaeus Press 2020 *''The Tattered Shadows'', (with Mark Valentine), Sao Paulo: Raphus Press 2020 (includes ''Restos de Sombra'', a translation into Portuguese by Fabio Waki); new edition 2024 *''Offshore'', Sao Paulo: Raphus Press 2020 (includes ''Alem-Mar'', a translation into Portuguese by Fabio Waki) *''Powers and Presences'', Neuilly-le-Vendin: Sarob Press 2020 *''This World and That Other'', Neuilly-le-Vendin: Sarob Press 2022 *''Possessions and Pursuits'', Neuilly-le-Vendin: Sarob Press 2023 Books: Nonfiction *''The Emperor's Pavement: Pages from a Berlin Daybook'', Bucharest: Les Editions de l'Oubli 2013 *''Touchstones: Essays on the Fantastic'', Cheadle: Alchemy Press 2014 Other formats *''The House of the Sun'', Kildwick: Mark Valentine 2005 (chapbook) *''Leaves of Ash'', Kildwick: Valentine & Valentine 2015 (miniature Coptic-stitched concertina book cased in boards and concealed in a ‘matchbox’) *''New Adelphi'', Duesseldorf: Zagava 2021 (hand-sewn chapbook printed on hand-made cotton rag paper) *''W'', Duesseldorf: Zagava 2023 (hand-sewn chapbook printed on hand-made cotton rag paper) *''The Emissaries'', Duesseldorf: Zagava 2024 (hand-sewn chapbook printed on hand-made cotton rag paper) Stories first published in anthologies and magazines *''‘Where Once I Did My Love Beguile’'' in ''Beneath the Ground'' edited by Joel Lane, Alchemy Press 2003 *''Portrait in an Unfaded Photograph'' in ''Cinnabar's Gnosis: A Homage to

Gustav Meyrink Gustav Meyrink (19 January 1868 – 4 December 1932) was the pseudonym of Gustav Meyer, an Austrian author, novelist, dramatist, translator, and banker, most famous for his novel ''The Golem (Meyrink novel), The Golem''. He has been described as ...

'' edited by D.T. Ghetu, Ex Occidente Press 2009 *''A Flowering Wound'' in ''Never Again'' edited by Allyson Bird & Joel Lane, Grey Friar Press 2010 *''Red Green Black White'' in ''The Master in Cafe Morphine: A Homage to

Mikhail Bulgakov Mikhail Afanasyevich Bulgakov ( ; rus, links=no, Михаил Афанасьевич Булгаков, p=mʲɪxɐˈil ɐfɐˈnasʲjɪvʲɪdʑ bʊlˈɡakəf; – 10 March 1940) was a Russian and Soviet novelist and playwright. His novel ''The M ...

'' edited by D.T. Ghetu, Ex Occidente Press 2011 *''Out to Sea'' in ''The Touch of the Sea'' edited by

Steve Berman Steve Berman is an American editor, novelist and short story writer. He writes in the field of queer speculative fiction. Early life and education Berman was born in Philadelphia, and raised in South Jersey. Berman says he realized in junior h ...

Lethe Press Lethe Press is an American book publishing company based in Western Massachusetts.

2012 *''Silver on Green'' in ''This Hermetic Legislature: A Homage to

Bruno Schulz Bruno Schulz (12 July 1892 – 19 November 1942) was a History of the Jews in Poland, Polish Jewish writer, fine artist, Literary criticism, literary critic and Art education, art teacher. He is regarded as one of the great Polish (language), Po ...

'' edited by D.T. Ghetu & D.P. Watt, Ex Occidente Press 2012 *''Fac Man'' in ''Icarus: The Magazine of Gay Speculative Fiction'' Issue 13 (Summer 2012) *''Winter's Traces'' in ''The First Book of Classical Horror Stories'' edited by D.F. Lewis, Megazanthus Press 2012 *''Time and the City'' in ''The Alchemy Press Book of Ancient Wonders'' edited by Jan Edwards & Jenny Barber, Alchemy Press 2012 *''Into an Empire'' in ''Sacrum Regnum'' Issue II (2013) edited by Daniel Corrick & Mark Samuels, Hieroglyphic Press 2013 *''Embrace the Fall of Night'' in ''Horror Without Victims'' edited by D.F. Lewis, Megazanthus Press 2013 *''To the Anhalt Station'' in ''Rustblind and Silverbright'' edited by David Rix, Eibonvale Press 2013 *''The Shape and Colour of the Moon'' in ''Sorcery and Sanctity: A Homage to

Arthur Machen Arthur Machen ( or ; 3 March 1863 – 15 December 1947) was the pen-name of Arthur Llewellyn Jones, a Welsh people, Welsh author and mysticism, mystic of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He is best known for his influential supernatural ...

'' edited by Daniel Corrick & Mark Samuels, Hieroglyphic Press 2013 *''Buried Shadows'' in ''Second City Scares: A Horror Express Anthology'' edited by Marc Shemmans, Horror Express Publications 2013 *''Ziegler Against the World'' in '' Transactions of the Flesh: A Homage to

Joris-Karl Huysmans Charles-Marie-Georges Huysmans (, ; 5 February 1848 – 12 May 1907) was a French novelist and art critic who published his works as Joris-Karl Huysmans (, variably abbreviated as J. K. or J.-K.). He is most famous for the novel (1884, pub ...

'' edited by D.P. Watt & Peter Holman,

Zagava Zagava is a publishing imprint based in Düsseldorf, Germany, focusing on works in the English language within the genres of weird fiction, supernatural, and horror literature, often produced in limited editions. Most of Zagava's books are issued ...

and Ex Occidente Press 2013 *''You Promised You Would Walk'' in ''Strange Tales Volume IV'' edited by

Rosalie Parker Rosalie Parker is an author, scriptwriter and editor who runs the Tartarus Press with R. B. Russell. Parker jointly won the World Fantasy Award "Special Award: Non-Professional" for publishing in 2002, 2004 and 2012. The Horror Writers Associati ...

, Tartarus Press 2014 *''The Defiant Sky'' in ''Glitterwolf Magazine'' Issue 6 (July 2014) *''The Unfolding Map'' in ''Infra Noir'' edited by D.T. Ghetu, Zagava and Ex Occidente Press 2014 *''King Kane'' in ''The Lovecraft eZine'' #32 (August 2014) *''Touched'' in ''The Ghosts & Scholars Book of Shadows Volume 2'' edited by Rosemary Pardoe, Sarob Press 2014 *''Falling into Stone'' in ''Horror Uncut: Tales of Social Insecurity and Economic Unease'' edited by Joel Lane & Tom Johnstone, Gray Friar Press 2014 *One of the stories in ''Dreams of Ourselves: An Appreciation of Pessoa'' edited by Adolph Moscow, Zagava and Ex Occidente Press 2014 *''More Than India'' in ''Strange Tales Volume V'' edited by

, Tartarus Press 2015 *''The Floor of Heaven'' in ''Romances of the White Day'' (Stories in the Tradition of

) edited by Robert Morgan (uncredited), Sarob Press 2015 *''Least Light, Most Night'' in ''Aickman's Heirs'' edited by

Simon Strantzas Simon Strantzas (born 1972) is a weird fiction author from Toronto, Canada. He has written five story collections and been nominated for a British Fantasy Award in 2009. He has also edited three anthologies including ''Aickman's Heirs'' which won ...

, Undertow Publications 2015 *''A Song Out of Reach'' in ''Soliloquy for Pan'' edited by Mark Beech, Egaeus Press 2015; tenth anniversary edition 2025 *''In the Clearing'' in '' Pagan Triptych'' (Stories in the Tradition of

Algernon Blackwood Algernon Henry Blackwood, CBE (14 March 1869 – 10 December 1951) was an English broadcasting narrator, journalist, novelist and short story writer, and among the most prolific ghost story writers in the history of the genre. The literary cr ...

) edited by Robert Morgan (uncredited), Sarob Press 2016 *''The Shadow Suns'' in ''

Carnacki Thomas Carnacki is a fictional occult detective created by English fantasy writer William Hope Hodgson. Carnacki was the protagonist of a series of six short stories published between 1910 and 1912 in '' The Idler'' magazine and ''The New Maga ...

: The Lost Cases'' edited by Sam Gafford, Ulthar Press 2016 *''Then and Now'' in ''Uncertainties: Volume II'' edited by Brian J. Showers,

2016 *''A Gap in Society'' in ''The Ghosts & Scholars Book of Shadows Volume 3'' edited by Rosemary Pardoe, Sarob Press 2016 *''Another Sea'' in ''And the Whοre Is This Temple'' edited by Damian Murphy & Geticus Polus, Mount Abraxas 2016 *''Coming to Life'' in ''Something Remains'' by Joel Lane and Friends edited by Peter Coleborn & Pauline E. Dungate, Alchemy Press 2016 *''Between Me and the Sun'' in ''From Ancient Ravens'' edited by Robert Morgan (uncredited), Sarob Press 2017 *''The Golden Mile'' in ''All Is Full of Hell: A Panegyric for

William Blake William Blake (28 November 1757 – 12 August 1827) was an English poet, painter, and printmaker. Largely unrecognised during his life, Blake has become a seminal figure in the history of the Romantic poetry, poetry and visual art of the Roma ...

'' edited by Damian Murphy & D.T. Ghetu, Mount Abraxas 2017 *''The House at Twilight'' in ''Supernatural Tales'' 35 (Summer 2017) *''We, the Rescued'' in ''Nightscript: Volume Three'' edited by C.M. Muller, Chthonic Matter 2017 *''Speck'' in ''The Scarlet Soul: Stories for Dorian Gray'' edited by

2017 *''Against the Dead'' in ''Supernatural Tales'' 38 (Summer 2018) *''The Property of the Dead'' in ''The Far Tower: Stories for

W. B. Yeats William Butler Yeats (, 13 June 186528 January 1939), popularly known as W. B. Yeats, was an Irish poet, dramatist, writer, and literary critic who was one of the foremost figures of 20th-century literature. He was a driving force behind the ...

'' edited by Mark Valentine, Swan River Press 2019 *''The Primordial Light'' in ''The Alchemy Press Book of Horrors 2'' edited by Peter Coleborn & Jan Edwards, Alchemy Press 2020 *''The Air of Glory'' in ''The Ghosts & Scholars Book of Mazes'' edited by Rosemary Pardoe, Sarob Press 2020 *''The Dance of Gold'' in ''Powers and Presences'', Sarob Press 2020 *''All the Times of the City'' in ''This World and That Other'', Sarob Press 2022 *''When I Heard My Days Before Me'' in ''The Ghosts & Scholars Book of Follies and Grottoes'' edited by Rosemary Pardoe, Sarob Press 2022 *''At the Height'' in ''Grotesqueries: A Tribute to the Tales of L.A. Lewis'' edited by Mark Valentine, Zagava 2022 *''Overgrowth'' in ''Unquiet Grove'' edited by Mark Beech, Egaeus Press 2023 *''Fallen Sun'' in ''Possessions and Pursuits'', Sarob Press 2023 *''The White Round'' in ''The Ghosts & Scholars Book of Landscape Figures'' edited by Rosemary Pardoe, Sarob Press 2024 Essays (uncollected) *''

'' in ''Book and Magazine Collector'' No. 307, May 2009 *''

Osbert Lancaster Sir Osbert Lancaster (4 August 1908 – 27 July 1986) was an English cartoonist, architectural historian, stage designer and author. He was known for his cartoons in the British press, and for his lifelong work to inform the general publi ...

'' in ''Book and Magazine Collector'' No. 315, Christmas 2009 *''The Baroque of the Void: A Fantastic Fiction of the Austrian Idea'' in ''Wormwood'' No. 20, Spring 2013 (on ''The Man without Qualities'' by

Robert Musil Robert Musil (; 6 November 1880 – 15 April 1942) was an Austrian philosophical writer. His unfinished novel, ''The Man Without Qualities'' (), is generally considered to be one of the most important and influential modernist novels. Family M ...

) *''The Way to the City: The Final Novels of Charles Williams'' in ''Wormwood'' No. 23, Autumn 2014 *''Lords of All Power: The Apocalyptic Science Fiction Novels of

Robert Hugh Benson Robert Hugh Benson AFSC KC*SG KGCHS (18 November 1871 – 19 October 1914) was an English Catholic priest and writer. First an Anglican priest, he was received into the Catholic Church in 1903 and ordained therein the next year. He wa ...

'' in ''Wormwood'' No. 26, Spring 2016 and No. 27, Autumn 2016 *''Mapping the Territory: Joel Lane’s Essays'' in ''This Spectacular Darkness: Critical Essays'' by Joel Lane, edited by

& John Howard, Tartarus Press 2016 *''Impossible Histories:

's'' A Fragment of Life in ''Faunus'' No. 35, Spring 2017 *''From Canterbury to the Stars: The Dark Imagination of Philip E. High'' in ''Wormwood'' No. 29, Autumn 2017 *''Looking Backward from Tomorrow:

Mack Reynolds Dallas McCord "Mack" Reynolds (November 11, 1917 – January 30, 1983) was an American science fiction writer. His pen names included Dallas Ross, Mark Mallory, Clark Collins, Dallas Rose, Guy McCord, Maxine Reynolds, Bob Belmont, and Todd Har ...

and His Pulp Fiction Utopias'' in ''Wormwood'' No. 31, Autumn 2018 *''The Long Count-Down: The Novels of

Charles Eric Maine David McIlwain (21 January 1921 – 30 November 1981) better known by his pen name, Charles Eric Maine, was an English writer best known for several science fiction serials published in the 1950s and 1960s. He also wrote detective thrillers und ...

'' in ''Wormwood'' No. 32, Spring 2019 *''Interpenetrations: Ecstasy and Boundaries in the Works of

'' in ''Faunus: The Decorative Imagination of Arthur Machen'' edited by James Machin, Strange Attractor Press 2019 *''The Impossible History: Machen's "A Fragment of Life"'' in ''The Secret Ceremonies: Critical Essays on

'' edited by

and Timothy J. Jarvis, Hippocampus Press 2019 *''Lost Earths and Stolen Suns:

Emil Petaja Emil Theodore Petaja (12 April 1915 – 17 August 2000) was an American science fiction and fantasy writer whose career spanned seven decades. He was the author of 13 published novels, nearly 150 short stories, numerous poems, and a handful of b ...

's Novels of the 'Land of Heroes in ''Wormwood'' No. 33, Autumn 2019 *''Still They Wished for Company: Two Novels Linked Through Time?'' in ''Wormwood'' No. 34, Spring 2020 (on novels by Margaret Irwin and

Marghanita Laski Marghanita Laski (24 October 1915 – 6 February 1988) was an English journalist, radio panellist and novelist. She also wrote literary biography, plays and short stories, and contributed about 250,000 additions to the ''Oxford English Diction ...

) *''

Forrest Reid Forrest Reid (24 June 1875, Belfast, Ireland; 4 January 1947, Warrenpoint, County Down, Northern Ireland) was an Irish novelist, literary critic and translator. He was a leading pre-war novelist of boyhood and is still acclaimed as a noted Ulster ...

'' in ''The Green Book'' No. 16, Samhain 2020 *''An Undiscovered Nerve: The Alarming Visa for Avalon'' in ''Wormwood'' No. 35, Autumn 2020 (on the novel by Bryher) *''Escaping from the Button Molder: The Fiction of

'' in ''Wormwood'' No. 37, Autumn 2021 *''Boundaries of Friendship: Two Nephews and Their Uncles'' in ''Wormwood'' No. 38, Spring 2022 (on novels by

and Jocelyn Brooke) *''Bellfield'' in ''Undefined Boundary: The Journal of Psychick Albion'' Volume 2 Issue 2, 2024 *''Meeting Sir Francis'' in ''Undefined Boundary: The Journal of Psychick Albion'' Volume 3 Issue 2, 2025 Introductions and afterwords *'' Cold Harbour'' (1924) by

Francis Brett Young Francis Brett Young (29 June 1884 – 28 March 1954) was an English novelist, poet, playwright, composer, doctor and soldier. Life Francis Brett Young was born in Halesowen, Worcestershire. He received his early education at Iona, a private s ...

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, 2007) *''

The Killer and the Slain ''The Killer and the Slain'' is a 1942 novel by the British writer Hugh Walpole, published posthumously following his death the previous year. It recounts in first person narrative the story of a murderer who gradually turns into the man he has k ...

'' (1942) by

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(

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, 2014) *''October the First Is Too Late'' (1966) by

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, 2015) *''All Souls' Night'' (1933) by

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, 2016) *''The Pale Brown Thing'' (1977) by

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, 2016) *''The Travelling Grave and Other Stories'' (1948) by

L.P. Hartley Leslie Poles Hartley (30 December 1895 – 13 December 1972) was an English novelist and short story writer. Although his first fiction was published in 1924, his best-known works are the '' Eustace and Hilda'' trilogy (1944–1947) and '' Th ...

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, 2017) *''Splendid in Ash'' by Charles Wilkinson (Egaeus Press, 2018) *''Intimations of Death'' (1910) by

Felix Timmermans Leopold Maximiliaan Felix Timmermans (5 July 1886 – 24 January 1947) is a much translated author from Flanders. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature three times. Life Timmermans was born in the Belgian city of Lier, as the thi ...

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, 2019) Stories in collaboration with Mark Valentine *''The White Solander'' in ''Masques and Citadels'' by Mark Valentine, Tartarus Press 2003; included in ''The Collected Connoisseur'' *''The Last Archipelago'' in ''Masques and Citadels'' by Mark Valentine, Tartarus Press 2003; included in ''The Collected Connoisseur'' *''The Descent of the Fire'' in ''Strange Tales'' edited by Rosalie Parker, Tartarus Press 2003; included in ''The Collected Connoisseur'' *''Jerusalem Keep'' in ''Sherlock Holmes: The Game’s Afoot'' edited by David Stuart Davies, Wordsworth Editions 2008 *''The Rite of Trebizond'' in ''The Rite of Trebizond and Other Tales'', Ex Occidente Press 2008; included in ''The Collected Connoisseur'' *''Out of the Obelisk'' in ''The Rite of Trebizond and Other Tales'', Ex Occidente Press 2008 *''The Temple of Time'' in ''The Rite of Trebizond and Other Tales'', Ex Occidente Press 2008; included in ''The Collected Connoisseur'' *''The Serpent, Unfallen'' in ''The Rite of Trebizond and Other Tales'', Ex Occidente Press 2008; included in ''The Collected Connoisseur'' *''The Celestial Tobacconist'' in ''A Midwinter Entertainment'' edited by Mark Beech, Egaeus Press 2016; included in ''The Collected Connoisseur'' (2019 edition only) *''On the Art'' in ''The Conspirators (A Borgean Tribute to

Jorge Luis Borges Jorge Francisco Isidoro Luis Borges Acevedo ( ; ; 24 August 1899 – 14 June 1986) was an Argentine short-story writer, essayist, poet and translator regarded as a key figure in Spanish literature, Spanish-language and international literatur ...

)'' edited by Alcebiades Diniz Miguel, Raphus Press 2019 Edited *''This Spectacular Darkness: Critical Essays'' by Joel Lane edited by

& John Howard, Leyburn: Tartarus Press 2016

References

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