A Magazine of the Weird and Unusual (1982) Volume 5, Number 10
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One of 150 copies with numbered limitation label signed by Williamson and artist Stephen E. Fabian tipped in on page [268]. This edition incorporates textual revisions by Williamson and new introduction "Retrospect: 1977." Novel first published as a six-part serial in WEIRD TALES be...
The Beetle (1897) tells the story of a fantastical creature, "born of neither god nor man," with supernatural and hypnotic powers, who stalks British politician Paul Lessingham through fin de siecle London in search of vengeance for the defilement of a sacred tomb in Egypt.
This is the book which took the reading public by storm when it was first published in 1796 - and modem readers find it just as exciting today. One critic has called it `A mass of murder, outrage, diablerie and indecency'.