Weird Women: Classic Supernatural Fiction by Groundbreaking Female Writers 1852-1923 - Lisa Morton (editor), Leslie S. Klinger (editor) Audiobook

Written by Lisa Morton (editor), Leslie S. Klinger (editor)
Read by Stefan Rudnicki, Gabrielle de Cuir, Justine Eyre, John Rubinstein, Paul Boehmer, Sile Bermingham
Format: MP3
Bitrate: 96 Kbps

While the 19-year-old Mary Shelley may be hailed as the first modern writer of horror, the success of her immortal Frankenstein undoubtedly inspired dozens of female authors who wrote their own evocative, chilling tales.

Weird Women, edited by award-winning anthologists Lisa Morton and Leslie S. Klinger, collects some of the finest tales of terror by authors as legendary as Louisa May Alcott, Frances Hodgson Burnett, and Charlotte Perkins Gilman, alongside works of writers who were the best sellers and critical favorites of their time - Marie Corelli, Ellen Glasgow, Charlotte Riddell - and lesser known authors who are deserving of contemporary recognition.

As railroads, industry, cities, and technology flourished in the mid-19th century, so did stories exploring the horrors they unleashed. This anthology includes ghost stories and tales of haunted houses, as well as mad scientists, werewolves, ancient curses, mummies, psychological terrors, demonic dimensions, and even weird Westerns.

Curated by Klinger and Morton with an aim to present work that has languished in the shadows, all of these exceptional supernatural stories are sure to surprise, delight, and frighten today’s listeners.

August 4 2020
15 hrs and 25 mins

(The editors followed this up with Weird Women, Volume 2: Classic Supernatural Fiction by Groundbreaking Female Writers 1840-1925, which as far as I know does not have an audio edition, but is included as an epub.)