Tanith Lee wrote hundreds of short stories in her lifetime, many of which appeared only in small press magazines and anthologies, and other rare publications. A great many of these pieces have remained uncollected, unseen by a wider readership. Strindberg’s Ghost Sonata and Other Uncollected Tales is the first of three anthologies to be published by Immanion Press that will showcase a wide selection of these sought-after tales. From the horror fantasy of ‘Persian Eyes’ set in ancient Rome, via the fantastical fairy-tale realm of ‘Among the Leaves So Green’, through the frozen landscape of ‘Cold Spell’ and into the doomed city of ‘The Woman’, this collection spans the genres of horror and fantasy, showcasing Tanith Lee’s ability to conjure wondrous, vivid and mysterious worlds. The book includes a story that has never been published before – ‘Iron City’, which was written in 1987 – as well as two tales set in Tanith’s Flat Earth mythos; ‘The Pain of Glass’ and ‘The Origin of Snow’, the latter of which only ever appeared briefly on the author’s now defunct web site. This collection presents a jewel casket of twenty stories, and even to the most avid fan of Tanith Lee will contain gems they’ve not read before. Contents: Strindberg’s Ghost Sonata, Among the Leaves so Green, Beauty is the Beast, Ceres Passing,Cold Spell, Elvenbrood, Felidis, Goldenhair, Herowhine (vignette), In the Balance, Iron City, Last Drink Bird Head (vignette), The Origin of Snow (the Flat Earth), The Pain of Glass (the Flat Earth), Persian Eyes, Question a Stone, The Three Brides of Hamid-Dar, A Tower of Arkrondurl, Two Lions, a Witch and the War-Robe, The Woman
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Tanith Lee was a British writer of science fiction, horror, and fantasy. She was the author of 77 novels, 14 collections, and almost 300 short stories. She also wrote four radio plays broadcast by the BBC and two scripts for the UK, science fiction, cult television series "Blake's 7." Before becoming a full time writer, Lee worked as a file clerk, an assistant librarian, a shop assistant, and a waitress. Her first short story, "Eustace," was published in 1968, and her first novel (for children) The Dragon Hoard was published in 1971. Her career took off in 1975 with the acceptance by Daw Books USA of her adult fantasy epic The Birthgrave for publication as a mass-market paperback, and Lee has since maintained a prolific output in popular genre writing. Lee twice won the World Fantasy Award: once in 1983 for best short fiction for “The Gorgon” and again in 1984 for best short fiction for “Elle Est Trois (La Mort).” She has been a Guest of Honour at numerous science fiction and fantasy conventions including the Boskone XVIII in Boston, USA in 1981, the 1984 World Fantasy Convention in Ottawa, Canada, and Orbital 2008 the British National Science Fiction convention (Eastercon) held in London, England in March 2008. In 2009 she was awarded the prestigious title of Grand Master of Horror. Lee was the daughter of two ballroom dancers, Bernard and Hylda Lee. Despite a persistent rumour, she was not the daughter of the actor Bernard Lee who played "M" in the James Bond series of films of the 1960s. Tanith Lee married author and artist John Kaiine in 1992.
