7 best short stories by John Kendrick Bangs

By John Kendrick Bangs and August Nemo

John Kendrick Bangs was an American author, humorist, editor and satirist. His name is immortalised in the term "Bangsian Fantasy" - fantasy set in the afterlife, of which Philip José Farmer's Riverworld series is a direct descendent.
Check out seven short stories by this author specially selected by the critic August Nemo:


- The Water Ghost Of Harrowby Hall
- The Spectre Cook Of Bangletop
- A Midnight Visitor
- The Speck On The Lens
- A Quicksilver Cassandra
- The Ghost Club
- A Psychical Prank

• Language: English
• Publisher: Tacet Books
• Release date: May 15, 2020
• ISBN: 9783967995664

John Kendrick Bangs

John Kendrick Bangs (1862–1922) was an American writer and editor best known for his works in the fantasy genre. Bangs began his writing career in the 1880s when he worked for a literary magazine at Columbia College. Later, he held positions at various publications such as Life, Harper's Bazaar and Munsey’s Magazine. Throughout his career he published many novels and short stories including The Lorgnette (1886), Olympian Nights (1902) and Alice in Blunderland: An Iridescent Dream (1907).

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