Curse of the Mummy

Long before the opening of Tutankhamun’s tomb in 1922 or Boris Karloff’s film portrayal of “Imhotep” ten years later, legends of the Mummy enthralled readers of the Western world. The Gothic horror tales collected in this anthology reflect the Victorian fascination with Egypt’s oldest inhabitants. 

In Curse of the Mummy, four master storytellers of the nineteenth century share gripping tales of cursed plunder and injudicious flirtations with eldritch magic.

THE MUMMY’S FOOT by Théophile Gautier

from Musée des familles, Vol. VII (1840)

AFTER THREE THOUSAND YEARS by Jane G. Austin

from Putnam’s Magazine, Vol. II (1868)

LOST IN A PYRAMID, OR THE MUMMYʻS CURSE by Louisa May Alcott

from The New World Magazine, Vol. I (1869)

LOT NO. 249 by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

from Harperʻs, Vol. LXXXV (1892)

This anthology has been newly compiled, edited and typeset by Fox Editing for the Supernatural Fox Sisters’ Supernatural History Series. These works were collected from various digital and print editions in the public domain and are presented unabridged. The original spellings have been retained, while some archaic punctuation has been lightly modernized.