The Mermaid's Prophecy and Other Stories: Magical Creatures, A Weiser Books Collection

by T. Crofton Croker, Varla Ventura (Editor)

Overview

Varla Ventura, fan favorite on Huffington Post’s Weird News, frequent guest on Coast to Coast, and bestselling author of The Book of the Bizarre and Beyond Bizarre, introduces a new Weiser Books Collection of forgotten crypto-classics. Magical Creatures is a hair-raising herd of affordable digital editions, curated with Varla’s affectionate and unerring eye for the fantastic.

From T.Crofton Croker's funereal tale of a graven world under the sea to the traditional chant of the Mermaid's Prophecy, this collection will charm any lover of the ladies (and gentlemen) of the deep blue sea.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781619400252
Publisher:	Red Wheel/Weiser
Publication date:	12/22/2011
Series:	Magical Creatures Series
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	43
File size:	341 KB

About the Author

T. Crofton Croker (1798-1854) An Irish antiquary as well as a writer, Croker devoted his life to the collection of Irish poetry and folklore. His Researches in the South of Ireland went through six editions and was translated into German by the Bros Grimm.

Varla Ventura is the author of Fairies, Pookas and Changelings; Banshees, Werewolves, Vampires and Other Creatures of the Night; Among the Mermaids; The Book of the Bizarre; and Beyond Bizarre. She can often be found lurking about the deep dark woods and lakes of Minnesota on the hunt for mushrooms, magical herbs, and the elusive little men of legend. Visit her at www.varlaventura.net.