The Dedalus Book of Austrian Fantasy: The Meyrink Years 1890-1930

( German - not as such )

anthology

translated by Mike Mitchell unless noted

edited by Mike Mitchell

Published; Dedalus - paperback - 1993 ( UK )
ISBN: 0946626936 / 9780946626939

Ariadne Press - trade paperback - 1993 ( USA )
ISBN: 929497635 / 9780929497631

Dedalus - paperback - 2003
ISBN: 1903517133 / 9781903517130

Dedalus - e-book - 2013
eISBN: 9781907650604
ASIN: B00418414I ( Amazon )


contents
Introduction - Mike Mitchell
Flowers - short story by Arthur Schnitzler ( aka Blumen 1894 )
Severin’s Road into Darkness: Bk. II: The Spider - novelette by Paul Leppin ( aka ( excerpt from ) Severins Gang in die Finsternis 1914 )
Folter’s Gem- short story by Paul Busson ( aka Die Kleinodien des Tormento 1919 )
Sergeant Anton Lerch - short story by Hugo von Hofmannsthal ( aka Reitergeschichte 1899 )
The Playground: A Fantasy - novella by Franz Werfel ( aka Spielhof, Eine Phantasie 1920 )
A Fragment of a Distant Event - short story by Friedrich von Gagern ( aka Ferngeschichte 1932 )
The Nightwalk - excerpt from Der Weiße Domikaner by Gustav Meyrink ( 1921 ) ( trans. by Mike Mitchell )
Under the Spell - excerpt from The Other Side by Alfred Kubin ( aka Die Andere Seite 1909 )
The Wicked Nun - novella by Karl Hans Strobl ( aka Die Knöcherne Hand Und Anderes 1911 )
The Kiss of the Stone Woman - short story by Franz Theodor Csokor ( aka Die Steinerne Frau 1937 )
The Death of Detlev Christoph Brigge of Ulsgard - extract by Rainer Maria Rilke ( aka from Die Aufzeichnungen Des Malte Laurids Brigge 1910 ) ( http://www.magicalrealism.co.uk/view.php?story=109 )
The Prophecy - novella by Arthur Schnitzler ( aka Die Weissagung 1904 ) ( https://archive.org/stream/cu31924026341788#page/n17/mode/2up )
Pour Avoir Bien Servi - extract byy Leo Perutz ( aka from 'Herr, Erbarrme Dich Miener' 1930 )
The Gypsy’s Prophecy - short story by Friedrich von Gagern ( aka Hellseher 1932 )
Gracchus the Huntsman - short story by Franz Kafka ( aka Der Jäger Gracchus 1917 / 1931 ( pub. ) )
Outside the Law - short story by Franz Kafka ( aka Vor Dem Gesetz 1915 ) ( trans. by Mike Mitchell )
Shadowtown - short story by Franz Theodor Csokor ( aka Schattenstadt 1937 )
The Destruction of Amsterdam - excerpt from Das Grüne Gesich by Gustav Meyrink ( 1916 )
Dr. Cinderella’s Plants - short story by Gustav Meyrink ( aka Die Pflanzen Des Dr. Cinderella 1905 ) ( trans. by Maurice Raraty )
The Preparation - short story by Gustav Meyrink ( aka Das Präparat 1904 ) ( trans. by Maurice Raraty )
The Head - short story by Karl Hans Strobl ( aka Der Kopf 1899 )
A Country Doctor -short story by Franz Kafka ( aka Ein Landarzt 1918 )
Lucifer’s Drum - excerpt from Walpurgisnacht by Gustav Meyrink ( 1917 )
The Silver Shoe of Bartlett Greene - excerpt from Der Engel Vom Westlichen Fenster by Gustav Meyrink ( 1927 )
The Kafka, The Meyrink, The Schnitzler - extract by Franz Blei ( aka ( from )Das Große Bestiarum Der Modernen Literatur 1920 )
Wetherglobin - short story by Gustav Meyrink ( aka Schöpsglobin 1907 )
Blamol - short story by Gustav Meyrink ( aka Blamol 1904 ) trans. by Maurice Raraty )
The Ring of Saturn - short story by Gustav Meyrink ( aka Der Ring Des Saturn 1907 ) ( trans. by Maurice Raraty )
The First Hour after Death - novella by Max Brod ( aka Die Erste Stunde nach dem Tod 1916 )
Signor Scurri or Herr von Yb’s Strange Voyage to the Seaside - short story by Fritz von Herzmanovsky-Orlando ( aka Cavaliere Huscher oder Die Sonderbare Meerfahrt des Herrn von Yb 1958 )
Brief Austrian Chronology - Misc.
About the Authors - Misc.

see also The Dedalus Book of Austrian Fantasy ( expanded )