From Dark Corners

Famed for THE TIME MACHINE, THE WAR OF THE WORLDS, and other imaginative stories, H. G. Wells wrote other such works over his long life that have been little-known and little-read by enthusiasts of the fantastic. This volume of the "Before It Was Science Fiction" series collects: THE CHRONIC ARGONAUTS The mysterious construction of a time machine stirs passion and fear in a small Welsh village. THE SEA LADY In this satire and romantic fantasy, a mermaid enters the lives and loves of the snooty set. MEN LIKE GODS Mr. Barnstaple crosses dimensions to a parallel world built along utopian lines--but the sins and frailties of Earth travel with him. THE CAMFORD VISITATION An invisible extra-terrestrial being has invaded the British countryside, and has some observations to make on the perplexing populace. THE CROQUET PLAYER A dark, unsettling tale of a haunted countryside, the survival of the primitive, and the blindness of a world's folly. STAR-BEGOTTEN Why invade Earth when you can transform humanity into something more than human? A novel of ideas, explorations, and the fate of an unborn child--who may be a messiah. THE HAPPY TURNING A wry and rueful fantasy that takes the author into a private dreamworld to converse with a regretful Jesus and seek meaning in a world exhausted by war.