I’m pleased to announce that “Lemuria Book 1” is now available in English for the first time ever!
This is the first collection of short stories by Karl Hans Strobl to have ever been translated into the English language. Karl Hans Strobl was noted for his short fiction, particularly his dark fantasy fiction and “Lemuria” collects some of his finest stories.
You can sense his passion and zest for living in these pages.
These stories come at a time when “Steam Punk” is popular. His stories fit into this genre quite well and it is astonishing how modern and readable these fantastic stories are. As an avid reader of science fiction and fantasy, I’ve become convinced that there is a power and force within these stories that is very hard to find in today’s world.
Stories include: The Mermaid; At a Cross Roads; The Witch Finder; The Head; The Repulsion of the Will; My Adventure with Jonas Barg; The Manuscript of Juan Serrano; Familiar Moves; The Tomb at Pere La Chaise; The Wicked Nun; The Bogumil Stone; Master Jericho
Thanx for mentioning this author! I had never heard of him before. Is it “fantastic literature” in the style of Sheridan Le Fanu, or is it more “magickal” stuff, like Gustav Meyrink and Bulwer-Lytton’s “Zanoni”? And does he really write about Lemuria, or is that just the title of the collection ?
Not many have heard of him because his works were banned in the United States and Europe after WWII. He doesn’t write about “Lemuria”. Although he does write about ancient civilizations. In this collection, there are the ruins of an ancient golden city in the story “The Manuscript of Juan Serrano). There is also a story about the Bogumils, a lost civilization in eastern europe.
The type of fantasy includes vampirism, ghosts,werewolves,supernatural beings and simply weird or strange tales. I don’t think he fits or compares with any others I have read. Perhaps it would be termed as “blood and soil” literature where there is a strong link to earth and earthly things.