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Darkness Brews: Draughts, Elixirs, Vintages, and Libations in Classic Speculative Fiction

Darkness Brews: Draughts, Elixirs, Vintages, and Libations in Classic Speculative Fiction

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Darkness Brews brings together seventeen classic short stories featuring perilous draughts, alchemical elixirs, diabolical vintages, and spectral libations in supernatural, fantasy, horror, and science fiction. Some dabble in strange science, while others drink with the devil. All too often, a bit too much to drink leads to a strange adventure . . .

The stories included: The Wine Ghosts of Bremen (Hauff), The Elixir of Life (De Balzac), The Mortal Immortal (Shelley), Bon-Bon (Poe), The Story of the Bagman's Uncle (Dickens), Dr. Heidegger's Experiment (Hawthorne), The Cask of Amontillado (Poe), The Sexton's Adventure (Le Fanu), Green Tea (Le Fanu), A Dangerous Elixir (D-), The Intoxicated Ghost (Bates), Heather Ale: A Galloway Legend (Stevenson), Over an Absinthe Bottle (Morrow), The Last Drink (Abbott), The Story of the Late Mr. Elvesham (Wells), A Journey of Little Profit (Buchan), Black Coffee (Farnol)

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Pub dateJun 9, 2026
ISBN-101616466537
ISBN-139781616466534
LanguageEnglish
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