Review of Mansion of Gloom in Fortean Times

So there I was, sitting at my laptop last week, when I suddenly started to receive a lot of online orders for Mansion of Gloom, scrolling down the screen.

The reason for this flurry of activity was a positive and astute review in this month's (July) Fortean Times by Roger Luckhurst, who kindly awarded it 5 STARS.

Here are some extracts: 'It is a grand exercise in obsession and textual hoarding that feels typical, perhaps, of one of Poe's own slightly unhinged neurotic protagonists.' (I take this as a compliment).

Antony Clayton has published erudite and beautiful limited-edition books through his own Accumulator Press . . . The Poe book is more recognisably an outsider scholar's massive work of sifting and sorting Poe's likely influences on Usher . . It feels at once a strange folly of the collector's completist mindset and an indispensable volume for the Poe reader.'

'Scholarly and eccentric, for Poe readers this is essential. Snap one up before the limited run sells out.' (my underlining)

Also for those who buy from me at talks or through Big Cartel you also receive a limited edition artist's print, although there are only around 20 of these left as of June 14 2025.

As I type this another order has come in, so get them while you can.

You can buy Mansion of Gloom here - I've dropped the price for a limited period. Click on Accumulator Press online store.

Roger Luckhurst himself has written some wonderful books that overlap with my interests which you can check out here. His book on the Mummy's Curse was very useful for one of my folklore pieces on this blog. Link here.