Table of Contents
Acknowledgments v
Foreword: "Welcome to the Island of Lost Souls" Sir Christopher Frayling 1
Introduction 5
Evelyn Ankers Elizabeth McCarthy 11
Morris Ankrum Bill Warren 16
Theda Bara Maria Parsons 20
Ralph Bates Peter Hutchings 26
Charles Beaumont Edward O'Hark 30
Ingrid Bergman Mark Jancovich 34
Guy Boothby Allise Bulfin 38
John Buchan Anna Powell 43
Susan Cabot Tom Weaver 46
Oscar Cook Darryl Jones 50
Marie Corelli Caitriona Kirby 54
Aleister Crowley Clive Bloom 58
Danielle Dax Catherine Spooner 63
Dulcie Deamer Jim Rockhill 63
Maya Deren Wendy Haslem 72
The Erkenwald Poet Brendan O'Connell 76
John Farris Xavirr Aldana Reyes 80
Nicholas Fisk Katherine Farrimond 83
Charles Fort Tania Scott 86
Dion Fortune Kristine Larsen 90
Charles Gemora Mark Cofell 94
Gregory of Tours Peter Dendle 100
Victor Halperin Murray Leeder 104
Edward Jerningham Peter N. Lindfield Dale Townshend 107
Jerome K. Jerome William Hughes 114
Skelton Knaggs John Exshaw 117
Alfred Kubin Tracy Fahey 121
Francis Lathom David Punter 124
Ira Levin Bernice M. Murphy 127
Jeff Lieberman Jon Towlson 130
Stephen Mallatratt Madelon Hoedt 135
Carl Mayer Jim Rockhell 139
Robert R. McCammon Neil McRobert 142
Shinji Mikami Eoin Murphy 147
Joseph Minion George Toles 151
Paula Modersohn-Becker Wendy Mooney 155
Fitz-James O'Brien Kevin Corstorphine 160
Sandy Petersen Rachel Mizsei Ward 165
Leonora Piper Dara Downey 169
Edogawa Rampo Colette Balmain 174
Charlotte Riddell Clare Clarke 178
Philip Ridley Douglas Kbesey 182
Regina Maria Roche Christina Morin 186
Vincent Schiavelli Sorcha Ni Fhlainn 190
William Buehler Seabrook Roger Luckhurst 193
Sidney Sime Maria Beville 197
Tod Slaughter Jarlath Killeen 200
Lionel Sparrow James Doig 204
Montague Summers Frank Furedi 209
Team Silent Hill Ewan Kirkland 212
Peter Van Greenaway Edward O'Hare 215
Stephen Volk James Rose 220
Tom Waits Jenny McDonnell 224
Fredric Wertham Sarah Cleary 227
About the Contributors 231
Index 239
