A Moth â?" Genus Novo (Cryptofiction Classics - Weird Tales of Strange Creatures)

This early work by H. G. Wells was originally published in 1895 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography as part of our Cryptofiction Classics series. 'A Moth – Genus Novo' is a short story about a group of entomologists who make a rather unusual discovery. Herbert George Wells was born in Bromley, England in 1866. He apprenticed as a draper before becoming a pupil-teacher at Midhurst Grammar School in West Sussex. Some years later, Wells won a scholarship to t...