Active only between the years 1913-1921, the enigmatic author S. Mukerji published just two works of fiction: a serialized detective thriller The Mysterious Traders and a collection of haunting tales set in British colonial India, Indian Ghost Stories.
It is Indian Ghost Stories in particular that has kept S. Mukerji’s name relevant over 100 years later for compiling spooky and weird fiction, supernatural sightings, South Asian lore, and historic accounts into a rich fusion of dark and fantastic narrative.
For as deft a hand as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle or Rudyard Kipling were at mystery, gothic, and tales of otherworldly phenomenon, S. Mukerji has left his own indelible mark in the pantheon of British Raj ghost tales.
Now, for the first time, both Indian Ghost Stories and The Mysterious Traders have been combined into one volume in this beautifully presented showcase by Dark Moon Books!
Also included within are:
• Introduction by bestselling author K. Hari Kumar
• Annotations by award-winning editor Eric J. Guignard
• Illustrations, corrected text, reading list, and more!
Open yourself to The Collected Works of S. Mukerji, and to all that is weird, ghostly, and wonderous.
Table of Content
Introduction by K. Hari Kumar
Indian Ghost Stories
Preface to the First Edition
Preface to the Second Edition
His Dead Wife’s Photograph
The Major’s Lease
The Open Door
What Uncle Saw
The Boy Who Was Caught
The Starving Millionaire
The Bridal Party
A Strange Incident
What the Professor Saw
The Boy Possessed
The Examination Paper
The Messenger of Death
Postscript in Lieu of Preface
Advertisements (Per Second Edition, 1917)
Advertisements (Per Fourth Edition, 1921)
The Mysterious Traders (A Detective Thriller) Publication Notes
The Mysterious Traders
Who Was S. Mukerji?
Suggested Further Reading of Related Fiction
Editor’s Request
About This Book’s Editor
About the author
ERIC J. GUIGNARD is a writer and editor of dark and speculative fiction, operating from the shadowy outskirts of Los Angeles, where he also runs the small press, Dark Moon Books. He’s twice won the Bram Stoker Award, won the Shirley Jackson Award, and been a finalist for the World Fantasy Award and International Thriller Writers Award. He has over one hundred stories and non-fiction author credits appearing in publications around the world. As editor, Eric’s published multiple fiction anthologies, including his most recent, PROFESSOR CHARLATAN BARDOT’S TRAVEL ANTHOLOGY TO THE MOST (FICTIONAL) HAUNTED BUILDINGS IN THE WEIRD, WILD WORLD and A WORLD OF HORROR, each a showcase of international horror short fiction. His latest books are LAST CASE AT A BAGGAGE AUCTION and the short story collection THAT WHICH GROWS WILD: 16 TALES OF DARK FICTION (Cemetery Dance). Outside the glamorous and jet-setting world of indie fiction, Eric’s a technical writer and college professor, and he stumbles home each day to a wife, children, dogs, and a terrarium filled with mischievous beetles. Visit Eric at: www.ericjguignard.com, his blog: ericjguignard.blogspot.com, or Twitter: @ericjguignard.
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