Not Long for this World
Fantasy, horror | |
Publisher | Arkham House |
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Publication date | 1948 |
Media type | Print (hardback) |
Pages | x, 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
- ISBN 1-55742-005-X.
- Chalker, Jack L.; Mark Owings (1998). The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History, 1923-1998. Westminster, MD and Baltimore: Mirage Press, Ltd. p. 32.
- ISBN 0-87054-176-5.
- Nielsen, Leon (2004). Arkham House Books: A Collector's Guide. Jefferson, NC and London: McFarland & Company, Inc. p. 69. ISBN 0-7864-1785-4.