Two New Things from James Doig

Two new books to report on from James Doig. The first is an anthology Terror Australis: Dark Tales from Down Under (ISBN 9780712369619) from the British library's Tales of the Weird series. I have previously written about Doig's anthologies in "James Doig and the Australian Weird" here at Wormwoodiana in 2021. This post includes an index by author to all of the writers found in his anthologies (up to that point). The new book contains twelve tales. Only two tales (those by J.E.P. Muddock and Fergus Hume) can be found in his previous anthologies.  Three are stories by authors (Marcus Clarke, John Arthur Barry, and Hume Nisbet) represented by other stories in previous anthologies. And the remaining seven authors don't appear in any of the previous anthologies, including David Unaipon, A.J. Dawson, Rick Kennett, Terry Dowling, Margo Lanagan, Kaaron Warren, and Ellen Van Neerven. All these stories are more recent publications.  The cover illustration by Sandra Gomez is especially nice. I'm looking forward to reading this one. 

Out several weeks ago (and I'm half way through reading it) is a long-awaited reprint of Lycanthia by Frances Layland-Barrett, originally published by Herbert Jenkins in 1935. Doig has contributed an introductory essay on the author. The reprint (ISBN 9798176558104) is published in hardcover (without dust-wrapper) by Mislaid Books.  The striking 1935 dust-wrapper illustration credited to Eugène Hastain of H.B. Studio (see this webpage for more info) is reprinted in black and white on page vi. I reproduce it in color below the Mislaid Books cover. 

 

Mislaid Books 2026

 

 Herbert Jenkins, 1935