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Mike Ashley
Mike Ashley is the author and editor of more than 100 books, and is one of the foremost historians of popular fiction. His books include Adventures in The Strand (British Library, 2016), Out of This World, a brief illustrated history of science fiction (British Library, 2011), and The Age of Storyt…
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Mike Ashley is the author and editor of more than 100 books, and is one of the foremost historians of popular fiction. His books include Adventures in The Strand (British Library, 2016), Out of This World, a brief illustrated history of science fiction (British Library, 2011), and The Age of Storytellers: British Popular Fiction Magazines 1880-1950 (British Library, 2005). Most recently he is the author of a multi-volume history of science fiction magazines, published by Liverpool University Press.
LATEST RELEASEDanse Macabre2026 THE AUTHOR’S WORLDS
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British Library Hardback Classics: Gilded Nightmares2 books in this catalog2022–2024 
Gothic Fantasy1 books in this catalog2022 
British Library Science Fiction Classics10 books in this catalog2018–2021 
The Mammoth Book of ... 5 books in this catalog1997–2011 
British Library Tales of the Weird15 books in this catalog1910–2026 AUTHOR CAREER
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Danse Macabre 2026 British Library Tales of the Weird #75 Weird Sisters 2025 ★ 10.0/10 1 ratings British Library Tales of the Weird #57 Bewitched 2024 British Library Hardback Classics: Gilded Nightmares Fear in the Blood 2024 British Library Tales of the Weird #47 The Ways of Ghosts 2023 British Library Tales of the Weird #37 
The Flaw in the Crystal: And Other Uncanny Stories by May Sinclair 2023 British Library Tales of the Weird #36 Weird Horror Short Stories 2022 Gothic Fantasy 
The Whisperers and Other Stories 2022 British Library Hardback Classics: Gilded Nightmares 
The Ghost Slayers 2022 ★ 9.0/10 1 ratings British Library Tales of the Weird #29 
Shadows on the Wall 2022 British Library Tales of the Weird #28 
Spaceworlds 2021 British Library Science Fiction Classics 
Future Crimes 2021 British Library Science Fiction Classics 
Queens of the Abyss 2020 ★ 8.0/10 1 ratings British Library Tales of the Weird #18 
Nature's Warnings 2020 British Library Science Fiction Classics 
Born of the Sun 2020 British Library Science Fiction Classics 
A Phantom Lover 2020 British Library Tales of the Weird #15 
Fighters of Fear 2020 Beyond Time 2019 British Library Science Fiction Classics Menace of the Monster 2019 British Library Science Fiction Classics 
The End of the World 2019 British Library Science Fiction Classics Doorway to Dilemma: Bewildering Tales of Dark Fantasy 2019 ★ 8.0/10 1 ratings British Library Tales of the Weird #9 
Menace of the Machine 2019 British Library Science Fiction Classics The Platform Edge 2019 ★ 8.0/10 1 ratings British Library Tales of the Weird #6 Glimpses of the Unknown 2018 ★ 10.0/10 1 ratings British Library Tales of the Weird #3