Short, jewelled stories range from an African water-hole named for a dead explorer and an English village that loses its postman, to the gods of the East and a sack of emeralds. The book ends with “Beyond the Fields We Know”, tales that return to the river Yann and the cities of Dunsany’s dreamlands, such as Astahahn, where Time is held in chains.
Essential Dunsany for lovers of fantasy, the writer whose dreamlands so impressed H. P. Lovecraft. Download the free EPUB.