Mike Ashley
Author of The Mammoth Book of Historical Whodunits Volume 1
About the Author
Mike Ashley has specialized in the history of science fiction and fantasy for more than 30 years. He is the author and editor of over a hundred books that in total have sold over a million copies worldwide.
Image credit: Los Angeles Review of Books
Series
Works by Mike Ashley
British Kings & Queens: The Complete Biographical Encyclopedia of the Kings & Queens of Great Britain (1998) 334 copies, 5 reviews
A Brief History of British Kings and Queens: British Royal History from Alfred the Great to the Present (2002) 330 copies, 1 review
The Pendragon Chronicles: Heroic Fantasy from the Time of King Arthur (1989) — Editor — 307 copies, 2 reviews
The Mammoth Book of Locked-Room Mysteries and Impossible Crimes (2000) — Editor — 120 copies, 1 review
Queens of the Abyss: Lost Stories from the Women of the Weird (2020) — Editor — 97 copies, 3 reviews
The Mammoth Book of Men O'War: Stories from the Glory Days of Sail (1999) — Editor — 92 copies, 1 review
The Chronicles of the Holy Grail: The Ultimate Quest from the Age of Arthurian Literature (1996) — Editor — 76 copies, 1 review
Moonrise: The Golden Age of Lunar Adventures (British Library Science Fiction Classics) (2018) — Editor — 54 copies, 3 reviews
The Darker Sex: Tales of the Supernatural and Macabre by Victorian Women Writers (2009) — Editor — 49 copies, 2 reviews
The Dreaming Sex: Early Tales of Scientific Imagination by Women (2011) — Editor — 48 copies, 4 reviews
The Feminine Future: Early Science Fiction by Women Writers (Dover Thrift Editions) (2015) — Editor — 40 copies, 3 reviews
Time Machines: The Story of the Science-Fiction Pulp Magazines from the Beginning to 1950 (Liverpool University Press -… (2000) 37 copies
Transformations: The Story of the Science Fiction Magazines from 1950 to 1970 (Liverpool University Press - Liverpool… (2005) 37 copies, 1 review
Beyond Time: Classic Tales of Time Unwound (British Library Science Fiction Classics) (2019) — Editor — 36 copies
The Mammoth Book of Hearts of Oak: Classic and New Stories from the Age of Fighting Sail (2001) — Editor — 35 copies, 1 review
Menace of the Monster: Classic Tales of Creatures from Beyond (2019) — Editor — 34 copies, 2 reviews
Menace of the Machine: The Rise of AI in Classic Science Fiction (British Library Science Fiction Classics) (2019) — Editor — 33 copies, 1 review
The End of the World: and Other Catastrophes (British Library Science Fiction Classics) (2019) — Editor — 32 copies, 1 review
The Mammoth Book of Sea Battles: Great Stories and Classic Tales from the Golden Age of Naval Warfare (2001) 29 copies, 1 review
Nature's Warnings: Classic Stories of Eco-Science Fiction (British Library Science Fiction Classics) (2020) — Editor — 28 copies
The Collected Classical Stories and Classic Who Dunnits/boxed Set (2 volume set) (1996) — Editor — 24 copies
The Gernsback Days: A Study of the Evolution of Modern Science Fiction from 1911 to 1936 (2004) 16 copies
Science Fiction Rebels: The Story of the Science-Fiction Magazines from 1981 to 1990 (Liverpool Science Fiction Texts… (2016) 12 copies
The Mammoth Book of Historical Whodunnits Volume 2 (The Mammoth Book Series) (2014) 11 copies, 1 review
Vampires: Classic Tales (Dover Mystery, Detective, Ghost Stories and Other Fiction) (2011) — Editor — 11 copies
Fear in the Blood: Tales from the Dark Lineages of the Weird: 48 (British Library Tales of the Weird) (2024) — Editor — 10 copies
Great American Ghost Stories: Chilling Tales by Poe, Bierce, Hawthorne and Others (2008) — Editor — 10 copies
The Collected Shakespearean Whodunnits ~ Murders and Mysteries based on Shakespeare's Plays (Boxed Set) (1988) 10 copies
Mammoth Book of Comic Fantasy 2 copies
The Rise of the Cyberzines: The Story of the Science-Fiction Magazines from 1991 to 2020: The History of the… (2022) 2 copies
Porte sul futuro 2 copies
The Work of William F. Temple: An Annotated Bibliography & Guide (Bibliographies of Modern Authors, No. 28) (1994) 1 copy
When Spirits Talk 1 copy
Perfectly Impossible 1 copy
The Corruption of Perfection 1 copy
Arthurian Tales 1 copy
Il meglio di Weird Tales 1 copy
Associated Works
A Rival From the Grave: The Complete Tales of Jules de Grandin, Volume Four (2018) — Foreword — 85 copies
Great Horror Stories: Tales by Stoker, Poe, Lovecraft and Others (2008) — Introduction — 39 copies, 2 reviews
The Merriest Knight: The Collected Arthurian Tales of Theodore Goodridge Roberts (2001) — Editor, some editions — 17 copies, 1 review
Tagged
Common Knowledge
- Other names
- Ashley, Michael Raymond Donald (birth name)
- Birthdate
- 1948-10-01
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- UK
- Country (for map)
- England, UK
- Birthplace
- Southall, Middlesex, England, UK
- Places of residence
- Chatham, Kent, England, UK
- Occupations
- editor
writer - Awards and honors
- Munsey Award (2020)
Members
Reviews
Lists
Awards
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Statistics
- Works
- 164
- Also by
- 41
- Members
- 11,311
- Popularity
- #2,076
- Rating
- 3.7
- Reviews
- 161
- ISBNs
- 365
- Languages
- 8
- Favorited
- 3
NOTE: Goodreads currently lists this book at 320 pages, however the copy I have and the British Library's website lists the page count at 352 pages.
For those interested in the stories included in this collection, they are:
Revelation by Mary E. Braddon
The Sculptor's Angel by Marie Corelli
From the Dead by Edith Nesbit
The Christmas in the Fog by Frances Hodgson Burnett
The Haunted Flat by Marie Belloc Lowndes
A Modern Circe by Alicia Ramsey
The Nature of the Evidence by May Sinclair
The Bishop of Hell by Marjorie Bowen
The Antimacassar by Greye La Spina
White Lady by Sophie Wenzel Ellis
The Laughing Thing by G. G. Pendarves
Candlelight by Lady Eleanor Smith
The Wonderful Tune by Jessie Douglas Kerruish
Island of the Hands by Margaret St. Clair
The Unwanted by Mary Elizabeth Counselman
The Seventh Horse by Leonora Carrington… (more)