Originally published in 1906, the fantastic tales of Strange Forces make up a significant contribution to the gas light-era fiction being written at the time. That era's fascination with the occult and scientific invention (along the lines of Poe and H. G. Wells) is what propels these twelve stories and the curious final essay on cosmogony.

Contents:

• The Firestorm
• An Inexplicable Phenomenon
• The Miracle of Saint Wilfred
• The Bloat-Toad
• Metamusic
• The Omega Force
• Origins of the Flood
• The Horses of Abdera
• Viola Acherontia
• Yzur
• The Pillar of Salt
• Psychon