The Devil's Bride. Russian Horror of the Early 20th Century from the Pages of Old Magazines

This collection of domestic horror from the early 20th century presents a wide variety of the genre as found in the periodicals of that time. The compiler focused, of course, on the best examples. This does not mean that only classics or first-rank figures were included. We could not overlook the remarkable stories of A. I. Kuprin (his "folkloric horror story" "The Silver Wolf" opens the collection) and V. Ya. Bryusov ("In the Mirror"), the grim tales of F. K. Sologub ("The Red-Lipped Guest") and A. S. Green ("Lion's Strike"). We could not pass by one of the iconic figures of the early century - M. Arcybашев ("Horror"), but we consciously did not include, for example, Leonid Andreev - his texts, including the "terrifying" ones, are regularly republished. However, Russian "horror stories" of the first half of the 20th century were not only written by them but also by those with whom the modern reader, unfortunately, is completely unfamiliar. These include Nikolai Karpov, Sergey Solomin, Fedor Zarin, Valentin Franchich, and Ferdinand Ossendowski, as well as many others whom you will meet on the pages of this book.