Eleanor Scott

Eleanor Scott has vanished into almost as much obscurity as her 1929 collection of ghost stories, which has been described as "rare but superlative" and which figures highly on the wants lists of many ghost story collectors. Little is known about Scott herself, but her collection Randalls Round has maintained a reputation among those fortunate enough to have read it.

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Randalls Round, 's rarity and quality have made it one of the most sought-after volumes in the field of supernatural fiction. The nine tales in the collection were all inspired by dreams, and in her foreword Scott expressed the hope that they would have lost none of their terror in the translation from dream to story. She need not have worried: this is one of the best and most chilling collections of ghost stories ever written. Stories like "Randalls Round," "The Twelve Apostles," "Celui-là," and "The Room" demonstrate Scott's ability to capture the disorienting logic and genuine unease of nightmares, creating a collection that feels both dreamlike and disturbingly real.

Edition Details

• Dust Jacket illustrated by Douglas Walters.
• This is a full clothbound edition limited to 400 copies.

External Links

• Eleanor Scott. ISFDB entry for Eleanor Scott
• Randalls Round. ISFDB entry for Randalls Round