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Synopsis

The majority of the pieces in The Agonizing Resurrection of Victor Frankenstein, and Other Gothic Tales feature characters and storylines that have previously made appearances, sometimes many times over, throughout the history of supernatural horror. This is not unusual. Like cannibals or vampires, authors have fed off the flesh and blood of one another's creations in various ways. Even if the intent is not monstrous or malign in the manner of the aforementioned beings, this practice is as old as literature itself.

In addition to the deranged or diabolical actors in stories well-known to seekers after horror, Ligotti has provided newly fabricated accounts to express a greater variety of pain. Much in the style of the older agonies, these take the reader into realms of pathos that may also be found elsewhere in his published work of the same period.

Contents:

• The Heart of Count Dracula, Descendant of Attila, Scourge of God - (1985) - short fiction
• One Thousand Painful Variations Performed Upon Divers Creatures Undergoing the Treatment of Dr. Moreau, Humanist - (1985) - short fiction
• The Excruciating Final Days of Dr. Henry Jekyll, Englishman - (1985) - short fiction
• The Agonizing Resurrection of Victor Frankenstein, Citizen of Geneva - (1985) - short fiction
• The Insufferable Salvation of Lawrence Talbot the Wolfman - (1985) - short fiction
• The Intolerable Lesson of the Phantom of the Opera - (1985) - short fiction
• The Unbearable Rebirth of the Phantom of the Wax Museum - (1985) - short fiction
• The Perilous Legacy of Emily St. Aubert, Inheritress of Udolpho - (1985) - short fiction
• The Eternal Devotion of the Governess to the Residents of Bly - (1985) - short fiction
• The Unnatural Persecution, by a Vampire, of Mr. Jacob J. - (1985) - short fiction
• The Superb Companion of André de V., Anti-Pygmalion - (1985) - short fiction
• The Ever-Vigilant Guardians of Secluded Estates - (1985) - short fiction
• The Scream: from 1800 to the Present - (1985) - short fiction
• The Transparent Alias of William Wilson, Sportsman and Scoundrel - (1985) - short fiction
• The Worthy Inmate of the Will of the Lady Ligeia - (1985) - short fiction
• The Interminable Residence of the Friends of the House of Usher - (1985) - short fiction
• The Fabulous Alienation of the Outsider, Being of No Fixed Abode - (1985) - short fiction
• The Blasphemous Enlightenment of Prof. Francis Wayland Thurston of Boston, Providence, and the Human Race - (1985) - short fiction
• The Premature Death of H. P. Lovecraft, Oldest Man in New England - (1985) - short fiction
• Introduction (The Agonizing Resurrection of Victor Frankenstein and Other Gothic Tales) - essay

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