NIGHTMARE JACK AND OTHER STORIES does just that. Seventeen of Metcalfe's finest supernatural and macabre works form this splendid collection: from the delicate ambiguity of 'The Double Admiral', 'The Bad Lands', and 'Brenner's Boy', through the nightmare of 'Mortmain' and '"Beyondaril"', to his masterpiece of sustained horror, 'The Feasting Dead'.Reviews: 5. Nightmare Jack and Other Tales. by. John Metcalfe, Alexis Lykiard (Afterword), Richard Dalby (Introduction) · Rating details · 30 ratings · 5 reviews. Introduction by Richard Dalby. 'Nightmare Jack'. 'The Double Admiral'/5. John Metcalfe. (William) John Metcalfe was born in Heacham, Norfolk in , the son of William Charles Metcalfe, an author of sea stories for boys. Metcalfe graduated with a degree in philosophy from the University of London in and for the next two years, until /5.
1) 'NIGHTMARE JACK' () John Metcalfe. A long tale of theft and wickedness in Burma, and of final fates in London Town. Dark and fascinating, as it draws you in to the doom of men. His best-known tale must be Nightmare Jack, famously judged by Robert Aickman to be "one of the finest supernatural tales in English literature", and included in his second Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories (). Of similar stature are the much-anthologised Brenner's Boy, The Double Admiral, and The Bad bltadwin.ru are masterpieces of creeping dread, creating both disturbing imagery and a. From your speakers, straight into your psyche. Our tales are guaranteed to terrify the bravest of souls (even the dead ones). Currated and written by Trevor and Lauren Shand (Boo Crew Podcast). Krsy Fox (Filmmaker/Musician FRANK, I Live Alone, Knee High Fox) and Spider One (Powerman ).
Nightmare Jack and Other Tales is edited and introduced by Richard Dalby, who provides an extensive biography of Metcalfe and a summary of his work. The volume also features an afterword by Alexis Lykiard, who calls John Metcalfe 'one of the literary missing. Almost, but not exactly a ghost' Contents: Introduction by Richard Dalby; Nightmare Jack. After the war, Metcalfe taught for five years at Highgate Junior School in London and began writing. His first book, The Smoking Leg and Other Stories, published in , contains several noted stories, including the title story, "The Bad Lands", "Nightmare Jack" and "The Double Admiral". --Nightmare Jack and Other Tales is edited and introduced by Richard Dalby, who provides an extensive biography of Metcalfe and a summary of his work. The volume also features an afterword by Alexis Lykiard, who calls John Metcalfe 'one of the literary missing. Almost, but not exactly a ghost'.
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