Shapes in the Fire

August Derleth said M.P. Shiel was "...the Grand Viscount of the Grotesque... [with a] refulgently fanciful imagination and magical command of the English language."

Arthur Machen said, "Here is a wilder wonderland than Poe ever dreamt of... It is Poe, perhaps, but Poe with an unearthly radiance."

Shapes in the Fire is an extraordinary collection of Shiel's work: don't miss it.

Contents:

• Xélucha
• Maria in the Rose-Bush
• Vaila
• Premier and Maker
• Tulsah
• The Serpent-Ship
• Phorfor