Welcome to another entry in a series on Irish writers of the fantastic. Swan River Press takes us on a tour through Ireland’s fantasy heritage. “He called to it and said, ‘Tell me what you are?’ ” – “The Unquiet Dead” (1920) Lady Augusta Gregory (1852-1932), noted folklorist and playwright, was born Isabella Augusta […]
Welcome to another entry in a series on Irish writers of the fantastic. Swan River Press takes us on a tour through Ireland’s fantasy heritage. “A man is a very small thing, and the night is very large and full of wonders.” – – The Laughter of the Gods (1917) Lord Dunsany (Edward John […]
Welcome to another entry in a series on Irish writers of the fantastic. Swan River Press takes us on a tour through Ireland’s fantasy heritage. “Why was I conscious of a beating heart, accompanied by a scarcely defined, but undeniable dread?” – “The Red Woollen Necktie” (1896) B. M. Croker (c.1849-1920) was a popular […]
Welcome to another entry in a series on Irish writers of the fantastic. Swan River Press takes us on a tour through Ireland’s fantasy heritage. “The Fairy of Science sometimes touches my ears and eyes with her wand; and then, for a little time, I am able to hear things inaudible, and to perceive things […]
Welcome to a new series on Irish writers of the fantastic. Over the next few months Swan River Press will be taking us on a tour through Ireland’s fantasy heritage. “She stands there at the foot of the bed; she wears a hood, and her face is yellow. She has been dead a long time.” […]
Welcome to a new series on Irish writers of the fantastic. Over the next few months Swan River Press will be taking us on a tour through Ireland’s fantasy heritage. “How blessed are some people, whose lives have no fears, no dreads; to whom sleep is a blessing that comes nightly, and brings nothing but […]
Welcome to a new series on Irish writers of the fantastic. Over the next few months Swan River Press will be taking us on a tour through Ireland’s fantasy heritage. “The lonely graveyard is far away, an’ the dead man is hard to raise—” –“Not to Be Taken at Bed-Time” (1865) Rosa Mulholland (1841-1921), […]
Welcome to a new series on Irish writers of the fantastic. Over the next few months Swan River Press will be taking us on a tour through Ireland’s fantasy heritage. “It was shaped like a man—distorted, uncouth, and horrible, but still a man.” – “What Was It?” (1859) Fitz-James O’Brien was born in Cork on […]
Welcome to a new series on Irish writers of the fantastic. Over the next few months Swan River Press will be taking us on a tour through Ireland’s fantasy heritage. “The terror of it instead of unchaining my voice laid an icy hand upon my mouth and kept me still and silent.” – “The De […]
Welcome to a new series on Irish writers of the fantastic. Over the next few months Swan River Press will be taking us on a tour through Ireland’s fantasy heritage. “Perhaps other souls than human are sometimes born into the world, and clothed in human flesh.” – “Uncle Silas” (1864) Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu […]
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