Contents
“Introduction” – Peter Berresford Ellis
“Earth-Bound”
“Samhain”
“The Brother”
“The Prisoner”
“The Return of Niav”
“De Profundis”
“By God’s Mercy”
“The Portrait of Roisin Dhu”
“A Story Without an End”
“Escape”
“The Curlew’s Call”
“The Black Banks”
“The Venetian Mirror”
“Acknowledgements”
Dorothy Macardle
Dorothy Macardle (1889-1958)—historian, playwright, journalist, and novelist—was born in Dundalk, Co. Louth. She was educated at Alexandra College in Dublin where she later lectured in English literature. She is best remembered for her seminal treatise on Ireland’s struggle for independence, The Irish Republic (1937), but also wrote novels of the uncanny, including Uneasy Freehold/The Uninvited (1941), Fantastic Summer/The Unforeseen (1946), and Dark Enchantment (1953). She died in Drogheda and is buried in St. Fintan’s Cemetery, Sutton.
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“Macardle is a fascinating example of the bamboozling complexity of history. So many of her beliefs seem to clash, and it is the sites of these collisions that make her work so rich . . . This latest reissue of her earliest short stories provides a beautifully presented and valuable resource for anyone interested in Irish history, culture or literature.” – Dublin Inquirer
“Beautifully written, with a fine air for the music of language and vivid descriptions of the landscape.” – Black Static
“Earth-Bound and Other Supernatural Tales by Dorothy Macardle is a beautifully produced little hardcover reissue of nine stories originally published in 1924. Four additional stories are included in this new edition. They were written by the author while she was a political prisoner in Dublin.” – Ellen Datlow
“This collection of unique supernatural stories is steeped in the wondrous mysteries of Ireland, set against the backdrop of the struggle for Irish independence and deeply embedded in the tragic circumstances of its author.” – A Ghostly Company

Earth-Bound and Other Supernatural Tales by Dorothy Macardle. Cover art by Brian Gallagher; jacket design by Meggan Kehrli; introduction by Peter Berresford Ellis; edited by Brian J. Showers; copyedited by Jim Rockhill; typeset by Ken Mackenzie; published by Swan River Press.
Hardback: Published on 25 May 2016; limited to 350 copies of which 100 are embossed and hand numbered; xxi + 134 pages; lithographically printed on 80 gsm paper; dust jacketed; illustrated boards; sewn binding; head- and tail-bands; issued with one postcard; ISBN: 978-1-78380-011-7.
Paperback: Published on 1 September 2020; no limitation; print on demand paperback; ISBN: 978-1-78380-738-3.
