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THE FOUR STRENGTHS OF SHADOW.
Money Creek [MN]: Sutton Hoo Press, 2013. Octavo, light blue cloth with three quarter marble board front cover, fore and bottom edge uncut, top edge rough cut. First edition. Signed by Weighell. This book was limited to one hundred copies, however only fifty copies of the sheets were actually bound by the publisher, of which only 22 were made available for public sale. An antiquarian ghost story written specifically for this publisher. Summers, a scholar, comes to Venice to research the life of Sigisomondo Mortensa, the 16th-century architect who designed the Church of Saint Bartholomew. As he studies the marginalia in various books in Mortensa’s library, Summers uncovers the horrific truth about Mortensa’s relationship with Antonio Borsini, a young apprentice who vanished mysteriously during the church's construction after being publicly denounced for his participation in blasphemous activities.
THE WHITE ROAD.
[London]: Ghost Story Press, [1997]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. One of 400 numbered copies. Signed by Weighell on the title page. The author’s highly regarded first book, The White Road is an omnibus of all Weighell’s previously published fiction at the time. Fourteen stories collected from journals such as Ghosts & Scholars, numerous anthologies, as well as several stories original to this volume. Weighell’s fiction is characterized by his vast knowledge of incunabula, architecture, painting, mysticism, and the occult. Although his work pays direct homage to his two primary influences, M. R. James and Arthur Machen, Weighell’s stories are uniquely his own. While his protagonists are typically scholars, archaeologists, and bibliophiles, his best fiction moves beyond traditional antiquarian ghost stories to explore both wonder and terror in the presence of supernatural forces. Notable stories include “Carven of Onyx,” “The Greater Arcana,” “The Resurrection Brass,” and “The Case of the Fiery Messengers,” a Sherlock Holmes pastiche in which the great detective is consulted by M. R. James. The White Road is a major contribution to 20th-century supernatural fiction. - Boyd White.