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I'm very pleased to say that the expanded edition of Vivian Meik's Devils' Drums (originally published in 1933), which I finished eight years ago (for a different publisher), has now come out in a very attractive edition from Medusa Press. Not only is the dust-wrapper attractive, but the design on the binding is as well, so I will show scans of both here. Meik's stories of central African voodoo are refreshingly different from most British horror fiction of the 1930s. One story from Devils’ Drums has been filmed. "The Doll of Death" was adapted for the television program, Rod Serling's Night Gallery. Directed by John Badham, it was the second to last episode of the series, broadcast on 20 May 1973.
This new edition is limited to 300 copies. Order via the Medusa Press website.
Here is the table of contents:
INTRODUCTION – Douglas A. Anderson
AUTHOR’S FOREWORD
I DEVILS’ DRUMS
II WHITE ZOMBIE
III AN ACRE IN HELL
IV THE DOLL OF DEATH
V WHITE MAN’S LAW
VI . . . L’AMITIÉ RESTE
VII THE MAN WHO SOLD HIS SHADOW
VIII RA
IX A HONEYMOON IN HATE
X DOMIRA’S DRUM
ADDITIONAL STORIES:
XI THE TWO OLD WOMEN
XII CHIROMO
XIII I LEAVE IT TO YOU
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Very exciting! I have wanted to read these stories for decades. Just ordered my copy. When it gets here it will live happily in my bookshelf right next to my treasured copy of Veils of Fear with its creepy crowned skull DJ art.
ReplyDeleteHi John:
ReplyDeleteThe crowned skull dust-wrapper for Veils of Fear is good and pulpish. The original one for Devil's Drum (which I have only seen as a small web image) is more sedate--just a slanting row of five African men, each with a red drum, all on a yellow background. I hope you enjoy the stories in Devils' Drums---I think they are Meik's best writings.