Martyrs of Science and Other Victims of Devilry & Destiny

( French - n/a )

collection by S. Henry Berthoud

edited and translated by Brian Stableford

Published: Black Coat Press - trade paperback - 2013 ( French Science Fiction 103 )
ISBN: 1612272290 / 9781612272290

Black Coat Press ( Barnes & Noble ) - Nook - 2013
BN ID: 2940149603466

Black Coat Press ( Amazon ) - Kindle - 2013
ASIN: B00JTOV1AG



contents
Introduction by Brian Stableford

- Misanthropic Tales: ( aka Contes misanthropiques 1831 )
Prestige ( aka Prestige )
The Painter Ghigi ( Le Peintre Ghigi )
The Day After the Wedding ( aka Le Lendemain de Noce )
Theriaki ( aka Le Thériaki )
Nocturnal Terror ( aka La Terreur nocturne )
Alice ( aka Alice 1828 )

- Folklore and Fakelore:

The Devil's Chess Game ( aka La partie d'échecs du diable )
The Mouth of Hell ( aka Le troy d'enfer )
The Devil's Sonata
The Sabbat Bow ( aka L'archet du sabbat )
The Antique Ring
The Lady of the Cold Kisses
The Barn in Montecouvez ( La grange de Montecouvez )
The Wedding at Cavron-Sain-Martin ( aka La noce de Cavron-saint-Martin )
The Sire with the Broken Armor ( aka Le sire aux armes brisées )
The Farmer's Supper ( aka Le souper du fermier )
Saint Mathias the Hermit ( aka Saint-Mathias l'ermite )

- Martyrs of Science:
A Voyage in the Heavens ( aka Voyage au ciel 1841 )
The Master of the Weather ( aka Le Maître du temps 1841 )
The Madman ( aka Le Fou 1844 )
The Cauldron of Bicêtre ( aka Le Chaudron de Bicêtre 1845 )
The Second Sun ( aka Le Second soleil )

- Scientific Fantasies:
The Star-Eaters ( aka Les mangeurs d'étoiles )
Luminous Flowers ( aka Les fleures luminaeuses )
Which Should Not be Read by People Afraid of Nightmares
The Story of a Tree in the Champs-Élysées ( aka Histoire d'un arbre des Champs-Élysées )
The Diabolical Coal-Merchant
A Haunted Room
A Scientist's Cruelties

- Stories for Children:
Heidenloch Castle ( aka Le château de Heidenloch )
The First Inhabitants of Paris
The Year 2865
Notes by Brian Stableford