Out of the Deep And Other Supernatural Tales

Walter de la Mare wrote some of the finest traditional ghost stories in the English language. Although some of his classic stories have been frequently anthologized, many of them are hard to find outside scholarly collections. This new collection presents some of the best-loved stories alongside others that have been undeservedly neglected. De la Mare is revealed as an enigmatic writer of troubling stories that take unexpected turns into the supernatural.

Walter de la Mare (1873-1956) was an English novelist, poet and short story writer. He is best remembered today as a writer for children, but was also the author of accomplished stories of supernatural and psychological horror. Greg Buzwell is Curator of Contemporary Literary Archives and Manuscripts at the British Library. He is the editor of The Face in the Glass and Other Gothic Tales by Mary Elizabeth Braddon, and The Tell-Tale Heart and Other Tales by Edgar Allan Poe.