Summoned to the Séance: Spirit Tales from Beyond the Veil
| First published | 2024 |
|---|---|
| Publisher | The British Library |
| Format | Trade Paperback |
| Type | Anthology |
| Cover art | Sandra Gómez |
| Pages | 304 |
| Price | £9.99 |
| ISBN | 9780712355919 |
Data from Amazon UK & publisher's website as of 2025-11-10. Notes by the editor. Jean Lorrain's 'The Spectral Hand' translated by {{A|Brian Stableford}} (under the pseudonym Francis Amery). Includes 3 photos (including 1 of {{A|W. T. Stead}}) from Photographing the Invisible (1911- L.N. Fowler & Co.) by James Coates (1843-1933). Page 304 is a detail from an 1883 handbill advertising the magician 'Herr Dobler' (William George Smith: 1836-1904) in a 'Dark Seance'. Also contains an illustration of Daniel Dunglas Home from Les Mystères de la Science (1887- Librairie Illustree) by {{A|Louis Figuier}}. Artist unknown.
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| Page | Title | Author(s) | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | Introduction (Summoned to the Séance) | Emily Vincent | Essay |
| 17 | Well-Authenticated Rappings | Charles Dickens | Short Fiction |
| 29 | Excerpt from Mr. Sludge, "The Medium" | Robert Browning | Poem |
| 39 | A Midsummer's Nightmare; or, The Amateur Detective | Florence Marryat | Novelette |
| 61 | In the Séance Room | Lettice Galbraith | Short Story |
| 83 | The Spectral Hand | Jean Lorrain | Short Story |
| 93 | "Are the Dead Dead?" | Emma Frances Dawson | Novelette |
| 121 | The Light of Pentraginny | E. d'Espérance | Short Fiction |
| 147 | Excerpt frpm 'Love and Mr. Lewisham' | H. G. Wells | Short Fiction |
| 173 | Playing with Fire | Arthur Conan Doyle | Short Story |
| 191 | Mrs. Morrel's Last Séance | Edgar Jepson | Short Story |
| 203 | At a Séance | Jessie Adelaide Middleton | Short Story |
| 207 | The I.O.U. | F. Scott Fitzgerald | Short Story |
| 295 | Séance | Olga L. Rosmanith | Short Story |
| 295 | The Séance at Radley Manor; a Warning | Katherine Drake | Novella |