From the Depths
And Other Strange Tales of the Sea

No Ships Passby Lady Eleanor Smith ★★★★½ The intro was correct, this story, written in the early 1930s, could have been the basis for Lost. Imagine a smaller cast that could not die. Madness! The Floating Forestby Herman Scheffauer ★★★★☆ You could read it as vengeance or fate, but either way t......more

[URL not allowed] What great, great fun, appealing to my love of old pulp fiction and the supernatural. This book marks my second foray into the British Library Tales of the Weird series. It is my favorite kind of ahhh-time compilation, a mix of horror, ghostly tales, the super......more

What a highly enjoyable book! This collection features a wide variety of stories in various styles, and all of them were tales I likely would never have encountered otherwise. This anthology brings together stories that are lesser-known, even obscure, and presents them with a brief introduction abou......more

Overall, a pretty good anthology. Completely my aesthetic - weird early 20th century stories about the sea. It started pretty strongly, but got a bit lost halfway through, and the stories felt a bit same-y. Also, a lot of them weren’t that scary. Maybe they were more so in their contemporary period,......more