Edited by Stephen Jones

Published by PS Publishing

Note: There is a limit of one copy of the signed limited edition per person/household.

To commemorate the 100th anniversary of Basil Copper’s birth, PS Publishing Ltd. is proud to reissue Basil Copper: A Life in Books in a new, revised and updated edition.

Back in 2008, following three years’ extensive research and being given unprecedented and unrestricted access to the books and papers of renowned British macabre and crime writer Basil Copper, multiple award-winning editor and writer Stephen Jones produced Basil Copper: A Life in Books, a unique and in-depth study of the author and his works that won the British Fantasy Award.

Following Basil’s death in 2013, many more papers and manuscripts were discovered, and this newly-unearthed material has now been incorporated into this completely new edition. Containing the most comprehensive Working Bibliography ever compiled of Basil Copper’s productive output, rare and obscure articles covering everything from Arkham House creator August Derleth to a brief history of Count Dracula, numerous short story fragments and ideas, along with a complete television script based on M.R. James’ classic horror story ‘Count Magnus’, Basil Copper: A Life in Books is profusely illustrated with artwork by Randy Broecker and Les Edwards, numerous cover reproductions and unique personal photographs from the author’s own collection.

The limited edition includes a special DVD of Basil Copper’s THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER (from the story by Edgar Allan Poe) The edited version on this DVD runs for around twenty-six minutes and was discovered in a film can in Basil’s study following his death in 2013. It has been professionally transferred to a digital format and a new music score added, just as its maker always intended.

Limited: 100 signed by Stephen Jones, Les Edwards, Randy Broecker and with a facsimile signature from Basil Copper, numbered copies, housed in a custom slipcase

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CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION: RECOLLECTIONS OF BASIL COPPER by Stephen Jones
FOREWORD by Basil Copper
BASIL COPPER: CRIMEWRITER & MASTER OF THE MACABRE by Richard Dalby
BASIL COPPER: A WORKING BIBLIOGRAPHY: A. Macabre and Supernatural Novels
REMEMBERING AUGUST DERLETH AND ARKHAM HOUSE by Basil Copper
BASIL COPPER: A WORKING BIBLIOGRAPHY: B. Macabre and Supernatural Collections
THE GAME’S AFOOT! AUGUST DERLETH & SOLAR PONS by Basil Copper
SOLAR PONS & THE PENNY MAGENTA by Basil Copper
BASIL COPPER: A WORKING BIBLIOGRAPHY: C. The “Solar Pons” Series
AUGUST DERLETH: A GIANT REMEMBERED by Basil Copper
BASIL COPPER: A WORKING BIBLIOGRAPHY: D. The “Mike Faraday” Series
RAP-SHEET by Basil Copper
DIAMONDS ARE FOR NEVER by Basil Copper
BASIL COPPER: A WORKING BIBLIOGRAPHY: E. Other Books
IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF DRACULA by Basil Copper
ECSTASY—AND TIME TRAVEL—IN SEVENOAKS: THE GENESIS OF MODERN SCIENCE FICTION by Basil Copper
VAMPIRES AND WEREWOLVES by Basil Copper
BASIL COPPER: A WORKING BIBLIOGRAPHY: F. Non-Fiction
GREAT UNSOLVED MYSTERIES by Basil Copper
E.F. BENSON: NEGLECTED MASTER OF THE MACABRE by Basil Copper
THE HAUNTED HOTEL by Basil Copper
RICH & STRANGE: A BIZARRE MASTERPIECE WHICH REMAINS COMPELLING VIEWING by Basil Copper
THE CURSE by Basil Copper
PROFESSOR MAHMOUD by Basil Copper
BASIL COPPER: A WORKING BIBLIOGRAPHY: G. Short Stories and Novellas
PETER HAINING: A TRIBUTE
THE BLACK COFFIN by Basil Copper
STORY IDEAS by Basil Copper
THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER by Basil Copper
BASIL COPPER: A WORKING BIBLIOGRAPHY: H. Media Adaptations
COUNT MAGNUS by Basil Copper
FOREWORD TO “MARK OF THE BEAST” by Basil Copper
BASIL COPPER: A WORKING BIBLIOGRAPHY: I. Unpublished Works
FRAGMENTS by Basil Copper
DARKNESS, MIST AND SHADOW—THE LANDSCAPE OF FEAR by Basil Copper