Through the Dragon Glass and Other Masterpieces of Fantasy, Horror and the Uncanny: Volume 2

Overview

THE GRANDMASTER OF FANTASY! Volume II of the first ever collection of the complete short stories of A. Merritt, the supreme genius of fantasy, terror and speculation. Includes, for the first time ever, Merritt's lost story, "Pool of the Stone God." Merritt weaves, "A glimmering, glittering web of imagination..." New York Times. Through the Dragon Glass & Other Masterpieces of Fantasy, Horror and the Uncanny contains the complete text of five of A. Merritt's greatest tales. Included are the title story, "The Fox Woman," "Three Lines of Old French," "Music of the Spheres," and "The Pool of the Stone God." Discover why Isaac Asimov hailed Merritt as "The most famous of all fantasy writers." And why the Science Fiction encyclopedia says, " His stories carry within them the true note of fear the dread of the unknown that lies latent even within civilized man. Stories that grow like the unfolding of an evil flower whose deadly fragrance is both overpoweringly sweet and hateful to the senses, to a terrific climax." Also includes "Merritt on Magic" and "Merritt on Merritt." Companion volume, The Women of the Wood and Other Stories.

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Bio of A. Merritt

A. Merritt (1884-1943) was one of the original authors of science fiction. The editor of The American Weekly and a hugely successful journalist, Merritt wrote thirteen novels over the course of his life and originated many of the conventions of the genre.

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Renaissance E Books Inc.

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781.14 KB

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eBook ISBN

1588731979