First published in 1994 it is a welcome return for these classic stories
in a 2-volume collection of Meyrink's short stories.
"Meyrink's short stories epitomised the non-plus-ultra of all modern
writing. Their magnificent colour, their spine-chilling and bizarre
inventiveness, their aggression, their succinctness of style, their
overwhelming originality of ideas, which is so evident in every sentence
and phrase that there seem to be no lacunae." -- Max Brod
"These tales - sc-fi, ghost-stories, gothic fables, oriental
allegories - were written in the first decade of the century and are now
translated for the first time. They make a magnificent introduction to
his bizarre genius, which combined the sharp Bohemian scepticism of his
contemporary Kafka with the mordant humour and outreach of Swift." --
Independent on Sunday