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Cover artist
  
Frank Utpatel

Publication date
  
1966

Pages
  
285 pp

Publisher
  
Arkham House

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Language
  
English

Media type
  
Print (Hardback)

Originally published
  
1966

Country
  
United States of America

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Authors
  
Mark Schorer, August Derleth

Genres
  
Fantasy, Short story, Horror fiction, Horror

Similar
  
August Derleth books, Horror fiction books

Colonel Markesan and Less Pleasant People is a collection of stories by authors August Derleth and Mark Schorer writing in collaboration. It was released in 1966 by Arkham House in an edition of 2,405 copies. The stories were written while the two authors shared a cabin on the Wisconsin River in Sauk City during the summer of 1931. Most of the stories were published in the magazine Weird Tales. Two of the stories, "Colonel Markesan" and "The Return of Andrew Bentley," were adapted for the Thriller television series.

Contents

Colonel Markesan and Less Pleasant People contains the following tales:

  1. "In the Left Wing"
  2. "Spawn of the Maelstrom"
  3. "The Carven Image"
  4. "The Pacer"
  5. "The Lair of the Star-Spawn"
  6. "Colonel Markesan"
  7. "The Return of Andrew Bentley"
  8. "The Woman at Loon Point"
  9. "Death Holds the Post"
  10. "Laughter in the Night"
  11. "The Vengeance of Aï"
  12. "Red Hands"
  13. "They Shall Rise"
  14. "Eyes of the Serpent"
  15. "The Horror from the Depths"
  16. "The Occupant of the Crypt"
  17. "The House in the Magnolias"

References

Colonel Markesan and Less Pleasant People Wikipedia
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