The Black Reaper
Description
Published in 1989 by Equation.
Bernard Capes was celebrated as one of the most prolific authors of the late Victorian period, producing dozens of short stories, articles, and more than forty novels across multiple genres, culminating in the first original crime novel published by Collins, The Skeleton Key.
Bernard Capes was celebrated as one of the most prolific authors of the late Victorian period, producing dozens of short stories, articles, and more than forty novels across multiple genres, culminating in the first original crime novel published by Collins, The Skeleton Key. His greatest acclaim, however, came from penning some of the most terrifying ghost stories of the era.
Contents
Introduction – Hugh Lamb
The Black Reaper
The Thing In The Forest
The Accursed Cordonnier
A Queer Cicerone
A Gallows-Bird
The Sword Of Corporal Lacoste
Poor Lucy Rivers
The Green Bottle
The Marble Hands
The Moon Stricken
The Mask
An Eddy On The Floor
Trivia
This was the first edition of a Bernard Capes anthology entitled The Black Reaper by Hugh Lamb. The collection was expanded for the Ash-Tree Press edition in 1998, and then republished by HarperCollins in 2017.
Other Editions
Paperback – Published in 2017 by HarperCollins
Hardcover – Published in 1998 by Ash Tree Press
