Not Long for this World

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Not Long for this World
Fantasy, horror
PublisherArkham House
Publication date
1948
Media typePrint (hardback)
Pagesx, 221

Not Long for this World is a collection of

short stories by American writer August Derleth. It was released in 1948 and was the author's third collection published by Arkham House
. It was released in an edition of 2,067 copies.

Most of the stories had originally appeared in the magazine Weird Tales.

Contents

Not Long for this World contains the following tales:

  • "Foreword"
  • "The Shadow on the Sky"
  • "Birkett's Twelfth Corpse"
  • "The White Moth"
  • "Nellie Foster"
  • "Wild Grapes"
  • "Feigman's Beard"
  • "The Drifting Snow"
  • "The Return of Sarah Purcell"
  • "Logoda's Heads"
  • "The Second Print"
  • "Mrs. Elting Does Her Part"
  • "A Little Knowledge"
  • "Mrs. Bentley's Daughter"
  • "Those Who Seek"
  • "Mr. Berbeck Had a Dream"
  • "The Tenant"
  • "The Lilac Bush"
  • "'Just a Song at Twilight'"
  • "A Matter of Sight"
  • "Prince Borgia's Mass"
  • "A Dinner at Imola"
  • "Lesandro's Familiar"
  • "The Bridge of Sighs"
  • "A Cloak from Messr. Lando"
  • "He Shall Come"
  • "Mrs. Lannisfree"
  • "After You, Mr. Henderson"
  • "Baynter's Imp"
  • "The Lost Day"
  • "A Collector of Stones"
  • "The God-Box"
  • "Saunder's Little Friend"

Sources

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  • Chalker, Jack L.; Mark Owings (1998). The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History, 1923-1998. Westminster, MD and Baltimore: Mirage Press, Ltd. p. 32.
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  • Nielsen, Leon (2004). Arkham House Books: A Collector's Guide. Jefferson, NC and London: McFarland & Company, Inc. p. 69. .