Sheridan Le Fanu Horror Stories XMAS NR in asking us to see

in asking us to see beyond ourselves to a more magnificent universal design

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these hand-drawn artworks are inspired by iconic images from the magazine in the 1950s - an era of hats and matching gloves

like that of other great innovators

Sheridan Le Fanu Horror Stories XMAS NR in asking us to seeJoseph Sheridan Le Fanu (18141873) was a highly influential Irish author, born in Dublin, whose work spread across the English speaking world, where his impression can be found in the stories of Wilkie Collins, M. R. James, Bram Stoker and many others. Although trained as a lawyer, he became a writer of sensational literature, exploring the dark and fantastic, becoming one of the foundational purveyors of classic horror ghost stories, including his