Ben Onwukwe

A short story from the British Library Tales of the Weird collection A Phantom Lover and Other Dark Tales by Vernon Lee. ‘A Wicked Voice’ reuses the theme of music from beyond the grave from Vernon Lee’s first ghost story ‘Winthrop’s Adventure’. Here,...

A short story from the British Library Tales of the Weird collection Glimpses of the Unknown. Englishman Essart is enjoying his holiday in Portugal when he is enchanted by a mysterious fragrance. The scent makes him long for a woman and he finds...

Mining diamonds is a lucrative business, but it soon proves itself deadly. Shortly after Kubu joins the CID, the richest diamond mine in the world is robbed of 100,000 carats of diamonds in transit. The robbery is well-executed and brutal. Police...

Mining diamonds is a lucrative business, but it soon proves itself deadly. Shortly after Kubu joins the CID, the richest diamond mine in the world is robbed of 100,000 carats of diamonds in transit. The robbery is well-executed and brutal. Police...

A short story from the British Library Tales of the Weird collection From the Depths. Most of Frank H. Shaw’s stories have a nautical theme and ‘Held by the Sargasso Sea’ is no exception. In this short story, Captain Chisholm’s pride and joy, The...

"Highly commendable and will keep the debate raging." - John BarnesThe global Black Lives Matter campaign has given greater exposure to the extent and insidious nature of the structural and systemic racism that exists in all strata of our society and...

A short story from the British Library Tales of the Weird collection From the Depths. Set along the Great Barrier Reef, ‘The Black Bell Buoy’ recalls the story of two members of the Marine Board who were sent to secure a giant buoy near a dangerous...

New York Times 'Best Art Books' 2020'Essential' – Sunday Times'Brilliantly enraged' - New York Review of Books'A real game-changer'– EconomistWalk into any Western museum today and you will see the curated spoils of Empire. They sit behind plate...

A short story from the British Library Tales of the Weird collection The Outcast and Other Dark Tales by E.F. Benson. When Philip Hope discovers that his wife Sybil is having an affair with his secretary Julian, he takes great delight in thwarting...

A short story from the British Library Tales of the Weird collection Evil Roots. Intrigued by other sailors’ superstitions of a cursed island, Sam Lenartson rows out to see for himself. Once there, he discovers an abandoned house with a mysterious...

"He's the toughest street fighter alive." Freddie ForemanPicture a man, he’s tall, not excessively so, yet as wide as he is high. This man is a spitting and growling street brawler; a tank full of ready to blow, muscle-fuelled aggression. Imagine, if...

The titular short story from the British Library Tales of the Weird collection The Outcast and Other Dark Tales by E.F. Benson. ‘The Outcast’ tells the story of Mrs Bertha Acres, who is handsome and charming company, but inspires horror and dread in...

A grisly spirit turns travelling companion for the unwitting passenger of a London bus; a repulsive neighbour returns from the grave, rejected by the very earth; an innocuous back garden becomes the stage for a nightmare encounter with druidic...

A short story from the British Library Tales of the Weird collection The Outcast and Other Dark Tales by E.F. Benson. Reported to be an account of a real haunting experienced by the author at a house in Rye, this story features fleeting glimpses of an...

A short story from the British Library Tales of the Weird collection The Outcast and Other Dark Tales by E.F. Benson. Brain surgeon Dr Francis Assheton is sceptical when one of his oldest friends holds a séance to show him ‘The Thing’ that has been...

A short story from the British Library Tales of the Weird collection Glimpses of the Unknown. When a Londoner retreats to the Cornish Coast for a break, he encounters a veiled woman. Could it be the ghost of intrepid explorer Miss Alice Trellings, who...

A short story from the British Library Tales of the Weird collection Glimpses of the Unknown. When a collector acquires an old Spanish rapier cheap from an antiques dealer, he thinks he’s got himself a bargain. But he soon realises why the dealer...