Brood of the Witch-Queen
by Sax Rohmer· 2013
Sax Rohmer (1883-1959) was a British writer and the creator of Fu Manchu. He was the author of novels such as The Green Eyes of Bast and The Bat Flies Low. Rohmer was also an author of short stories of weirdness and terror. Over the course of his career he wrote dozens of stories collected in several volumes. This volume presents fifteen stories by Rohmer, taken from collections such as Tales of Secret Egypt and The Haunting of Low Fennel. They feature Rohmer’s mix of exotic settings, supernaturalism, and adventure. Among them are stories such as “Tchériapin,” a tale of a mad chemist; “The Curse of a Thousand Kisses,” about a centuries-old curse; “Lord of the Jackals,” a haunting account of love and death in Egypt; and “The Haunting of Low Fennel,” a haunted house story. Also included is the full-length novel Brood of the Witch-Queen.
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Sax Rohmer (1883-1959) was a British writer and the creator of Fu Manchu. He was the author of novels such as The Green Eyes of Bast and The Bat Flies Low. Rohmer was also an author of short stories of weirdness and terror. Over the course of his career he wrote dozens of stories collected in several volumes. This volume presents fifteen stories by Rohmer, taken from collections such as Tales of Secret Egypt and The Haunting of Low Fennel. They feature Rohmer’s mix of exotic settings, supernaturalism, and adventure. Among them are stories such as “Tchériapin,” a tale of a mad chemist; “The Curse of a Thousand Kisses,” about a centuries-old curse; “Lord of the Jackals,” a haunting account of love and death in Egypt; and “The Haunting of Low Fennel,” a haunted house story. Also included is the full-length novel Brood of the Witch-Queen.