Author Description

<p>For fans of the best-selling Women's Weird anthology comes the next installment of stories by female writers of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century that embrace the supernatural, horror, and the Gothic.</p> <p>Edited by literary historian Melissa Edmundson, Women's Weird 2 features thirteen classic Weird short stories that showcase how these authors moved beyond the traditional ghost story and into areas of Weird fiction and dark fantasy. A detective, a young woman caught in a rainstorm, an author acquiring witchcraft skills--these are examples of how women continued to push and defy the genre expectations of the era.</p> <p><b>Authors include:</b></p> <ul> <li>Edith Stewart Drewry ("A Twin Identity")</li> <li>Katherine Mansfield ("The House")</li> <li>Lettice Galbraith ("The Blue Room")</li> <li>Sarah Orne Jewett ("The Green Bowl")</li> <li>Barbara Baynton ("A Dreamer")</li> <li>Mary Wilkins Freeman ("The Hall Bedroom")</li> <li>. . . and more!</li> </ul> <p>Featuring thirteen remarkably chilling stories, Women's Weird 2 is sure to thrill new readers and delight these authors' fans.</p> <p>"This is another essential purchase for fans and scholars of weird fiction alike." - <i>The Fantasy Hive</i><br></p>