{"id":6758,"date":"2020-10-14T13:12:00","date_gmt":"2020-10-14T13:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/greydogtales.com\/blog\/?p=6758"},"modified":"2020-10-14T13:12:00","modified_gmt":"2020-10-14T13:12:00","slug":"johnny-mains-and-our-lady-of-hate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greydogtales.com\/blog\/johnny-mains-and-our-lady-of-hate\/","title":{"rendered":"Johnny Mains and Our Lady of Hate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The stories presented in <em>Our Lady of Hate<\/em> are drawn from a decade of work by a hitherto un-noted British female writer, <strong>Catherine Lord<\/strong>, whose stories were placed in various (mostly small) publications between 1892 and 1901, the year of the author\u2019s death. In his introduction, editor <strong>Johnny Mains<\/strong> describes the collection as \u2018pure literary entertainment\u2019, which seems an appropriate phrase. It is a book to be read on a rainy day, with English tea and a fireside to hand.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/greydogtales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/121511458_169306988131488_766104230270156390_n.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6762\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/greydogtales.com\/blog\/johnny-mains-and-our-lady-of-hate\/121511458_169306988131488_766104230270156390_n\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/greydogtales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/121511458_169306988131488_766104230270156390_n.jpg?fit=548%2C769&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"548,769\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"121511458_169306988131488_766104230270156390_n\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/greydogtales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/121511458_169306988131488_766104230270156390_n.jpg?fit=214%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/greydogtales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/121511458_169306988131488_766104230270156390_n.jpg?fit=474%2C665&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-6762\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/greydogtales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/121511458_169306988131488_766104230270156390_n.jpg?resize=288%2C404\" alt=\"johnny mains\" width=\"288\" height=\"404\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/greydogtales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/121511458_169306988131488_766104230270156390_n.jpg?resize=214%2C300&amp;ssl=1 214w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/greydogtales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/121511458_169306988131488_766104230270156390_n.jpg?w=548&amp;ssl=1 548w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 288px) 100vw, 288px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Be warned that there is nothing truly monstrous or unusual within, yet Lord\u2019s stories are well-written, often entertaining, and occasionally more wry than expected. Sometimes she even manages to surprise, though many of the pieces are simply windows into that classic Victorian story-world of orphans, small inheritances, early widowhood, death in childbirth, and unrequited love; of uncles variously beneficent or curmudgeonly, of turreted rooms and outdated values.<\/p>\n<p>As for the supernatural, it is present, but far more often as an undercurrent than anything \u2013 hints of frightful incidents and influences which may turn out to be rather mundane. Lord suggests more than she details, only very occasionally launching the reader into actual otherworldly waters. Thus rambling manor houses, dark moorlands and sad deaths are often exactly what they seem, without any malign spiritual hand behind them, despite characters\u2019 fears \u2013 upon which she frequently plays. More people fear ghosts in here than encounter them. And there is a certain pleasure in trying to anticipate \u2018solutions\u2019 to odd events or circumstances, but don\u2019t expect many unrefuted spirits.<\/p>\n<p>Of the twenty one stories within, we most enjoyed:<\/p>\n<p><em>\u2018The Fell-Thorpe Ghost\u2019 &#8211; an \u2018Is there or isn\u2019t there?\u2019 tale.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u2018A Singular Experience\u2019 &#8211; a little meditation on a man\u2019s scary situation.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u2018Loyale Je Serais\u2019 &#8211; because it just doesn\u2019t go where you expect.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u2018Our Lady of Hate\u2019 &#8211; though more for the imagery than the plot.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u2018My Uncle\u2019s Pictures\u2019 &#8211; an amusing tale of family and fraud.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Quite what Lord herself thought, in any social or psychological sense, remains as obscure as the writer has been until now. She is far more the product of mid-Victorian sensibilities than of the relative social tumult which was building at the turn of the century. There is no incipient struggle for suffrage, or acid commentary on the struggle between the sexes and a changing society \u2013 relationships may be \u2018perfect matches\u2019, tragic, unrequited love affairs, dutiful inevitabilities, or simply ill-judged. She seems, in essence, in favour of what you might expect \u2013 a loving relationship between a man and a woman within the boundaries of \u2018normal\u2019 society standards. There are decent step-mothers, faithful men, misguided lovers and even an alcoholic wife thrown in, but little demonising.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/greydogtales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/121527812_169374944791359_2179654614170149382_n.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6763\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/greydogtales.com\/blog\/johnny-mains-and-our-lady-of-hate\/121527812_169374944791359_2179654614170149382_n\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/greydogtales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/121527812_169374944791359_2179654614170149382_n.jpg?fit=706%2C860&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"706,860\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"121527812_169374944791359_2179654614170149382_n\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/greydogtales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/121527812_169374944791359_2179654614170149382_n.jpg?fit=246%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/greydogtales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/121527812_169374944791359_2179654614170149382_n.jpg?fit=474%2C577&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright wp-image-6763 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/greydogtales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/121527812_169374944791359_2179654614170149382_n.jpg?resize=246%2C300\" alt=\"johnny mains\" width=\"246\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/greydogtales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/121527812_169374944791359_2179654614170149382_n.jpg?resize=246%2C300&amp;ssl=1 246w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/greydogtales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/121527812_169374944791359_2179654614170149382_n.jpg?w=706&amp;ssl=1 706w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 246px) 100vw, 246px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Johnny Mains has done an excellent job of locating and gathering together Lord\u2019s output, and a service to readers, like ourselves, who are fascinated by the late Victorian and Edwardian literary period. Which is to be expected, of course, given his previous editorial work on more explicitly supernatural tales of the time \u2013 and the introduction to <em>Our Lady of Hate<\/em> also gives a fine feel of what it was like to track down and identify these obscure stories, a consummate piece of detection.<\/p>\n<p><em>Our Lady of Hate<\/em> (Noose &amp; Gibbet Publishing) is due out December 2020, and pre-orders can be placed by emailing <a href=\"mailto:johnnymains@outlook.com\">johnnymains@outlook.com<\/a> Copies are \u00a320 + \u00a33 postage (\u00a310 overseas postage because of rising international charges).<\/p>\n<p>For those who seek directly supernatural stories from other, mostly forgotten, female authors, we do recommend Johnny Mains\u2019 anthologies, available in print and Kindle:<\/p>\n<p><em>A Suggestion of Ghosts: Supernatural Fiction by Women 1854-1900<\/em> (Black Shuck Books)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/greydogtales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/71EJ8THsBFL.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6761\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/greydogtales.com\/blog\/johnny-mains-and-our-lady-of-hate\/71ej8thsbfl\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/greydogtales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/71EJ8THsBFL.jpg?fit=850%2C1360&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"850,1360\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"71EJ8THsBFL\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/greydogtales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/71EJ8THsBFL.jpg?fit=188%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/greydogtales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/71EJ8THsBFL.jpg?fit=474%2C758&amp;ssl=1\" class=\" wp-image-6761 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/greydogtales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/71EJ8THsBFL.jpg?resize=272%2C434\" alt=\"johnny mains\" width=\"272\" height=\"434\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/greydogtales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/71EJ8THsBFL.jpg?resize=188%2C300&amp;ssl=1 188w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/greydogtales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/71EJ8THsBFL.jpg?resize=768%2C1229&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/greydogtales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/71EJ8THsBFL.jpg?resize=640%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/greydogtales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/71EJ8THsBFL.jpg?w=850&amp;ssl=1 850w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 272px) 100vw, 272px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/dp\/B07PFN4GZ9\/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_UHUHFbCHSQ9ND\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a suggestion of ghosts<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>An Obscurity of Ghosts: Further Tales of the Supernatural by Women, 1876 \u2013 1903<\/em> (Black Shuck Books)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/greydogtales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/51EDKU7LW1L._AC_SY400_.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6760\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/greydogtales.com\/blog\/johnny-mains-and-our-lady-of-hate\/51edku7lw1l-_ac_sy400_\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/greydogtales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/51EDKU7LW1L._AC_SY400_.jpg?fit=250%2C400&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"250,400\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"51EDKU7LW1L._AC_SY400_\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/greydogtales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/51EDKU7LW1L._AC_SY400_.jpg?fit=188%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/greydogtales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/51EDKU7LW1L._AC_SY400_.jpg?fit=250%2C400&amp;ssl=1\" class=\" wp-image-6760 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/greydogtales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/51EDKU7LW1L._AC_SY400_.jpg?resize=263%2C420\" alt=\"\" width=\"263\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/greydogtales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/51EDKU7LW1L._AC_SY400_.jpg?resize=188%2C300&amp;ssl=1 188w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/greydogtales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/51EDKU7LW1L._AC_SY400_.jpg?w=250&amp;ssl=1 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 263px) 100vw, 263px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/dp\/B07PGWTV15\/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_DuUHFb6D7VR94\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">an obscurity of ghosts<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Also available in Kindle now is Mains\u2019 <em>Back from the Dead: The Legacy of the Pan Book of Horror Stories:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em>The Pan Book of Horror Stories ran for 30 volumes between 1959 and 1989, entertaining and terrifying thousands of readers in equal measure. In this tribute to the classic horror series, award-winning editor and historian Johnny Mains has commissioned new pieces from some of Pan\u2019s most respected authors, printed here alongside selected stories from the original volumes.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/greydogtales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/51L1Mkep41L._AC_SY400_.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6759\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/greydogtales.com\/blog\/johnny-mains-and-our-lady-of-hate\/51l1mkep41l-_ac_sy400_\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/greydogtales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/51L1Mkep41L._AC_SY400_.jpg?fit=250%2C400&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"250,400\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"51L1Mkep41L._AC_SY400_\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/greydogtales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/51L1Mkep41L._AC_SY400_.jpg?fit=188%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/greydogtales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/51L1Mkep41L._AC_SY400_.jpg?fit=250%2C400&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-6759\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/greydogtales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/51L1Mkep41L._AC_SY400_.jpg?resize=264%2C421\" alt=\"johnny mains\" width=\"264\" height=\"421\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/greydogtales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/51L1Mkep41L._AC_SY400_.jpg?resize=188%2C300&amp;ssl=1 188w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/greydogtales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/51L1Mkep41L._AC_SY400_.jpg?w=250&amp;ssl=1 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 264px) 100vw, 264px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/dp\/B07PHXBGBB\/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_JqUHFb783JG6Q\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">back from the dead<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The stories presented in Our Lady of Hate are drawn from a decade of work by a hitherto un-noted British female writer, Catherine Lord, whose stories were placed in various (mostly small) publications between 1892 and 1901, the year of the author\u2019s death. In his introduction, editor Johnny Mains describes the collection as \u2018pure literary &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/greydogtales.com\/blog\/johnny-mains-and-our-lady-of-hate\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Johnny Mains and Our Lady of Hate<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"iawp_total_views":32,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6758","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Johnny Mains and Our Lady of Hate - greydogtales<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/greydogtales.com\/blog\/johnny-mains-and-our-lady-of-hate\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Johnny Mains and Our Lady of Hate - greydogtales\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The stories presented in Our Lady of Hate are drawn from a decade of work by a hitherto un-noted British female writer, Catherine Lord, whose stories were placed in various (mostly small) publications between 1892 and 1901, the year of the author\u2019s death. 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