NEW RELEASE: Third Edition of W. W. Jacobs - Now Fully Annotated, Expanded, and Revised

Last autumn, I began an ambitious project: returning to every anthology in my catalogue and relaunching each one as a fully restored, expanded, and comprehensively annotated edition.

Many of the earlier volumes were originally produced while I was balancing publishing alongside a full-time teaching career, which meant making difficult choices about where to devote my limited editorial time. In order to continue releasing several books each year, I generally reserved detailed scholarly footnotes for only the most famous or critically significant stories in each collection, while still providing introductions and concluding commentary throughout.

These new editions finally realize the larger vision I originally had for the series: complete annotations for every story, expanded introductions and literary analyses, revised and corrected texts, and — in some cases — newly restored or additional illustrations. My goal is not simply to reprint these collections, but to transform them into richer reading experiences that illuminate the historical background, literary influences, archaic language, and hidden details that modern readers might otherwise miss.

Each revised volume is intended to serve both casual readers and devoted enthusiasts of classic supernatural fiction alike — preserving the atmosphere and pleasure of the original tales while also providing the context needed to fully appreciate them.

This month’s refurbished and fully annotated edition is:

The Best Horror and Ghost Stories of W. W. Jacobs, 3rd Edition