Mike Ashley

May Sinclair

At that moment, in a flash that came like a shifting of her eyes, the world she looked at suffered a change... It was the same world, flat field for flat field and hill for hill; but radiant, vibrant, and, as it were, infinitely transparent.

Tales of eternal damnation, love, sexuality, death and supernatural talents form the core of May Sinclair’s essential and groundbreaking oeuvre. Literary and still thrilling today, her stories explore the strangeness at the heart of human experience and relationships, where the mundane and the everyday meets lurking, otherworldly weirdness.

Including the contents of the classic collections Uncanny Stories (1923) and The Intercessor and Other Stories (1931), this new volume also features two rare strange tales from a third, lesser-known book which explore further facets of Sinclair’s fascination with the uncanny.

And Other Uncanny Stories by May Sinclair

The Flaw in the Crystal

Out of all of the compilations in the series focusing on a single author, this might be my favourite one this far. Some of Sinclair's short stories featured here I had read in precious instalments in the series - but I re-read them with pleasure.

May Sinclair's writing is much more layered than one may originally believe; some of them even veer much more into the metaphysical than the typical for the series. This makes for a dynamic and engaging reading experience that is certainly worth the time.

Favourite stories: "The Token", "The Flaw in the Crystal", "The Nature of the Evidence", "The Intercessor" and "Jones's Karma" with "The Flaw in the Crystal" and "The Intercessor" being the absolute standouts of the collection. 

Out of all of the compilations in the series focusing on a single author, this might be my favourite one this far. Some of Sinclair's short stories featured here I had read in precious instalments in the series - but I re-read them with pleasure.

May Sinclair's writing is much more layered than one may originally believe; some of them even veer much more into the metaphysical than the typical for the series. This makes for a dynamic and engaging reading experience that is certainly worth the time.

Favourite stories: "The Token", "The Flaw in the Crystal", "The Nature of the Evidence", "The Intercessor" and "Jones's Karma" with "The Flaw in the Crystal" and "The Intercessor" being the absolute standouts of the collection. 

The Flaw in the Crystal And Other Uncanny Stories by May Sinclair

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