Tartarus Press

publishers

Sub Rosa

by

Robert Aickman

 

Introduction by R.B. Russell

 

British short story writer, critic, lecturer and novelist, Robert Aickman is considered by many to be one of the finest modern writers of ghost stories. But Aickman himself referred to his tales as 'strange stories', for they are often open to more complex interpretations. The writing is subtle and poetic, presenting us with both psychological and more material terrors.

 

Sub Rosa (first published 1968) is a collection of eight tales 'Ravissante', 'The Inner Room', 'Never Visit Venice', 'The Unsettled Dust', 'The Houses of the Russians', 'No Stronger Than a Flower', 'The Cicerones', 'Into the Wood'.

 

This edition of Sub Rosa also contains story notes by the author.

 

Cover artwork by Stephen J Clark of The Singing Garden.

 

As recommended by Michael Dirda at The American Scholar

 

Review

[Aickman's] writing is sophisticated, confounding and unnerving in equal measure; extreme and diverse reactions to his work are to be expected, but it is for these same reasons that he still attracts so many admirers. Brian Showers, Rue Morgue

 

Also available:

We Are for the Dark (with Elizabeth Jane Howard)

Dark Entries

Powers of Darkness

Sub Rosa

Cold Hand in Mine

Tales of Love and Death

Intrusions

Night Voices

Go Back At Once

The Attempted Rescue

The River Runs Uphill

 

see also: Robert Aickman: An Attempted Biography by R.B. Russell

 

Robert Aickman: Author of Strange Tales: