Mark Valentine

Mark Valentine is an English author, biographer and editor.

Valentine’s short stories have been published by a number of small presses and in anthologies since the 1980s,^[1] and the exploits of his series character, "The Connoisseur", an occult detective, were published as The Collected Connoisseur in 2010.^[2]

As a biographer, Valentine has published a life of Arthur Machen,^[3] and a study of Sarban.^[4] He has also written numerous articles for the Book and Magazine Collector magazine, and introductions for various books, including editions of work by Walter de la Mare, Robert Louis Stevenson, Saki, J. Meade Falkner and others.

Valentine also edits Wormwood, a journal dedicated to fantastic, supernatural and decadent literature,^[5] and has also edited anthologies.^[6][7]

Valentine is a member of the Stenbock Society.

Short Story Collections

• 14 Bellchamber Tower, Crimson Altar Press (Liverpool), 1987
• In Violet Veils, Tartarus Press (Horam, Sussex), 1999
• Masques and Citadels, Tartarus Press (North Yorkshire), 2003
• The Rite of Trebizond and Other Tales, with John Howard, Ex Occidente Press (Bucharest, Romania), 2008
• The Nightfarers, Ex Occidente Press (Bucharest, Romania), 2009
• The Collected Connoisseur, with John Howard, Tartarus Press (North Yorkshire), 2010
• The Mascarons of the Late Empire & Other Studies, Passport Levant (Bucharest, Romania), 2010
• The Peacock Escritoire, Passport Levant (Bucharest, Romania), 2011

Biographies

• Arthur Machen, Seren Books, 1985
• Time, A Falconer: A Study of Sarban, Tartarus Press (North Yorkshire), 2010

References

1. ^ Author entry at the Supernatural Fiction Database
2. ^ The Collected Connoisseur, Tartarus Press, 2010
3. ^ Arthur Machen, Seren Press, 1985
4. ^ Time, A Falconer: A Study of Sarban, Tartarus Press, 2010
5. ^ Wormwood
6. ^ The Werewolf Pack, Wordsworth Editions, 2008
7. ^ The Black Veil, Wordsworth Edition, 2008

External links

• Wormwoodiana

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