The Uncanny Gastronomic: Strange Tales of the Edible Weird
| First published | 2023 |
|---|---|
| Publisher | The British Library |
| Format | Trade Paperback |
| Type | Anthology |
| Cover art | Sandra Gómez |
| Pages | 288 |
| Price | $16.99 |
| ISBN | 9780712354288 |
Data from Amazon UK as of 2024-01-30. Data from Fictionmags (www.philsp.com) as of 2024-07-04. Book is divided into 5 parts- An Appetizer: Human Horror, A Main Course: Supernatural Appetites, A Palate Cleanser, Dessert: A Taste for Human Flesh & A Digestif: On Human Love. Illustrations are from the 1861 & 1892 editions of Mrs. Isabella Beeton's The Book of Household Management & Mrs. Beeton's Family Cookery and Housekeeping Book (1907).
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| Page | Title | Author(s) | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | Introduction: An Aperitif | Zara-Louise Stubbs | Essay |
| 25 | The Laboratory | Robert Browning | Poem |
| 31 | The Measure of My Powers | M. F. K. Fisher | Essay |
| 39 | A Fasting-Artist | Franz Kafka | Short Story |
| 53 | Like Mother Used to Make | Shirley Jackson | Short Story |
| 69 | Goblin Market | Christina Rossetti | Poem |
| 91 | The Vampire Maid | Hume Nisbet | Short Story |
| 101 | Gabriel-Ernest | Saki | Short Story |
| 111 | To Serve Man | Damon Knight | Short Story |
| 123 | The Company of Wolves | Angela Carter | Short Story |
| 139 | #54 | Jim Crace | Short Story |
| 145 | The Watering Place | Virginia Woolf | Short Story |
| 151 | Cannibalism in the Cars | Mark Twain | Short Story |
| 165 | The Price of Wiggins's Orgy | Algernon Blackwood | Short Fiction |
| 191 | A Madman's Diary | Lu Xun | Short Story |
| 207 | Pig | Roald Dahl | Short Story |
| 237 | Berenice | Edgar Allan Poe | Short Story |
| 249 | Witches' Loaves | O. Henry | Short Story |
| 257 | Lovers | Silvina Ocampo | Short Story |
| 263 | Under the Jaguar Sun | Italo Calvino | Novelette |