![]() ![]() ![]() From the Abyss: Weird Fiction, 1907‒ 1945 highlights this other side to Broster’s career-and perhaps the more shadowy undercurrents of her own psyche as well. These weird stories represent only a small portion of her output, but they reveal a very different side to the author. ![]() Several of these stories later appeared in her two collections of stories, A Fire of Driftwood (1932) and Couching at the Door (1942). Yet Broster also published weird and supernatural tales in several major magazines of the day, including Macmillan’s, Chambers’s, the Cornhill, and Good Housekeeping. Many of these stories are similar to her novels and are centered on historical characters and events from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. In addition to the more than fifteen novels she published, Broster’s short fiction represents an even broader span of her writing career, with stories appearing during the beginning decade of the twentieth century until the 1940s. Broster’s contributions to short fiction, and especially weird short fiction, received less attention during her career and those who have read her novels might be surprised to discover this facet of her writing career. ![]()
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