La Maîtresse de Szamota: et autres nouvelles fantastiques

by Stefan Grabiński, Michel Meurger (Afterword), Pierre Van Cutsem (Translator)

236 pages, Paperback

Published January 12, 2026

About the author

Stefan Grabiński (February 26, 1887 - November 12, 1936) was a Polish writer of horror fiction, sometimes called "the Polish Poe".

Grabiński worked as teacher in Lwów and Przemyśl and is famous for his train stories collected in Demon ruchu (The Motion Demon). A number of stories were translated by Miroslaw Lipinski into English and published as The Dark Domain. In addition, some of his work has been adapted to film, such as Szamota's Mistress.

Grabiński died of tuberculosis in 1936.