
Return of the Ancients
Unruly Tales of the Mythological Weird
Katy Soar(Editor)
British Library Publishing
Published on 22. May 2025
Book
Paperback/Softback
978-0-7123-5567-4 (ISBN)
Description
From the sun-seared shores of the Aegean to the misty bogs of ancient England, the dark tendrils of mythological gods and monsters have remained embedded in the minds of those who once believed, and throughout the past two centuries have inspired a haunting sub-genre of uncanny fiction.
Collecting up strange tales of legendary Greco-Roman figures, pagan deities of Old Britain and godlings and abominations from the world's pantheons returning to wreak havoc on modern civilization, this new anthology presents a thrilling array of weird fiction touched by the otherworldly and eternal mystique of myth, lore and legends.
Collecting up strange tales of legendary Greco-Roman figures, pagan deities of Old Britain and godlings and abominations from the world's pantheons returning to wreak havoc on modern civilization, this new anthology presents a thrilling array of weird fiction touched by the otherworldly and eternal mystique of myth, lore and legends.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
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Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 188 mm
Width: 127 mm
Thickness: 26 mm
Weight
274 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7123-5567-4 (9780712355674)
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Katy Soar is a Senior Lecturer in Classical Archaeology at the University of Winchester whose research explores the resonance of archaeology in culture. She co-edited (with Dr. Amara Thornton) the Handheld Press anthology Strange Relics (2022) and edited Circles of Stone for the British Library Tales of the Weird.