M. P. Shiel

Lovecraft's Influences and Favorites


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In 1927, H. P. Lovecraft wrote a long essay on "Supernatural Horror in Literature" in which he discussed the history of what came …

The Purple Cloud


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The story, a recording of a medium's meditation over the future writing of the text, details the narrator's (Adam Jeffson's) expedition to t…

Prince Zaleski


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Weird fiction author M. P. Shiel brings us a most unusual detective in Prince Zaleski in his first published book. Ensconced within his orn…