Contents
“Introduction” – Janis Dawson
“Very Far West”
“The Panelled Bedroom”
“The Mystery of the Felwyn Tunnel”
“The Dead Hand”
“The Doom”
“The Woman with the Hood”
“Followed”
“The Man Who Disappeared”
“Eyes of Terror”
“How I Write My Books”
“Sources”
“Acknowledgements”
L. T. Meade
L. T. Meade (1844-1914) was born in Bandon, Co. Cork and started writing at an early age before establishing herself as one of the most prolific and bestselling authors of the day. In addition to her popular girls’ fiction, she also penned mystery stories, sensational fiction, romances, historical fiction, and adventure novels. Her notable works include A Master of Mysteries (1898), The Brotherhood of the Seven Kings (1899), and The Sorceress of the Strand (1903). She died in Oxford on 26 October 1914.
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“Meade, quite understandably, turned out sadistic, Grand Guignol thrillers as a respite from writing sentimental claptrap such as A Sweet Girl Graduate and The Rebel of the School. Her scariest, and hitherto scattered, short horror fiction is finally reassembled in Swan River Press’s Eyes of Terror and Other Dark Adventures, superbly edited by Janis Dawson. Highly recommended.” – Michael Dirda, Washington Post
“Meade is a terrific storyteller, able to entice any reader with her simple but perfect prose.” – Gumshoe Review
“Undeniably replete with Gothic tropes. Contested wills, strange powers, odd nocturnal doings, and sinister servants abound, as Meade blends the paraphernalia of the 19th century with the innovations and social upheavals that would define the 20th.” – Supernatural Tales

Eyes of Terror and Other Dark Adventures by L. T. Meade; cover art by Brian Coldrick; cover design by Meggan Kehrli; selected and introduced by Janis Dawson; edited by Brian J. Showers and Jim Rockhill; copyedited by Timothy J. Jarvis; typeset by Steve J. Shaw; published by Swan River Press.
Hardback: Published on 1 September 2021; limited to 350 copies of which 100 were embossed and hand numbered; xix + 235 pages; lithographically printed on 80 gsm paper; dust jacketed; illustrated Geltex boards; sewn binding; head- and tail-bands; issued with three postcards; ISBN: 978-1-78380-039-1.
Paperback: Published on 30 September 2021; no limitation; print on demand paperback; xix + 235 pages; ISBN: 978-1-78380-750-5.
