A Smokey Lady in Knickers (Fantasy and Horror Classics)

<p><strong>A rare racy dose of Jazz Age supernatural humor from the master of comic fantasy.</strong></p><p>This volume features a popular short story by Thorne Smith the celebrated early 20th-century American author best known for his novels <em>Topper</em>. Smith's signature style blends the supernatural with a sophisticated witty and often risque sense of humor perfectly capturing the anarchic spirit of the Prohibition era.</p><p><em>A Smokey Lady in Knickers</em> is an exemplar of Smith's comic genius. It is a lighthearted tale of a bizarre supernatural encounter where the mundane world is invaded by an eccentric lightly-clad specter--a theme that prefigures the chaotic booze-fueled antics of the ghostly Kerby couple in his famous <em>Topper</em> series.</p><p>The story belongs to the genre of humorous supernatural fantasy offering a blend of genuine fantasy elements with a highly subversive cocktail-party sensibility. This edition preserves one of the best of Smith's short-form works that helped establish him as an iconic voice in American comic literature.</p>