J. D. Beresford 2 hr 46 min read

A prologue on the appearance of man opens this collection of strange fables and visionary tales, from a fine British writer of the fantastic, dedicated to the poet Walter de la Mare.

J. D. Beresford's 1921 collection gathers imaginative fantasy and social-SF stories by the author of 'The Hampdenshire Wonder.' Thoughtful, literary, quietly strange. Read it for the work of an underappreciated early master of British speculative fiction, parables and wonders that probe the deeper questions beneath the everyday.

In its time

Published in 1921, during the 1920s, the pulp era proper.

Reading it

2 hr 46 min read (a novel-length work, settle in).