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Dark Things

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Language
  
English

Media type
  
Print (Hardback)

Originally published
  
1971

Publisher
  
Arkham House

Publication date
  
1971

Pages
  
330 pp

Author
  
August Derleth

Country
  
United States of America

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Cover artist
  
Herb Arnold, design by Gary Gore

Genres
  
Fantasy, Short story, Horror fiction, Horror

Similar
  
August Derleth books, Horror fiction books

Dark Things is an anthology of horror stories edited by August Derleth. It was released in 1971 by Arkham House in an edition of 3,051 copies. It was Derleth's fourth anthology of previously unpublished stories released by Arkham House. A translation in Japanese has also been released.

Contents

Dark Things contains the following tales:

  1. "The Funny Farm", by Robert Bloch
  2. "The Eyes of Mme. Dupree", by P.H. Booth
  3. "'The Peril That Lurks Among Ruins'", by Joseph Payne Brennan
  4. "Napier Court", by Ramsey Campbell
  5. "Shaggai", by Lin Carter (Cthulhu Mythos tale)
  6. "The Dweller in the Tomb", by Lin Carter (Cthulhu Mythos tale)
  7. "The House by the Tarn", by Basil Copper
  8. "The Knocker at the Portico", by Basil Copper
  9. "Lord of the Depths", by David Drake
  10. "Omega", by Alice R. Hill
  11. "The House in the Oaks", by Robert E. Howard and August Derleth
  12. "The Singleton Barrier", by Carl Jacobi
  13. "The Case of the Double Husband", by Margery Lawrence
  14. "Innsmouth Clay", by H. P. Lovecraft and August Derleth
  15. "The Conch Shell", by Brian Lumley
  16. "Rising With Surtsey", by Brian Lumley
  17. "Company in the Orchard", by Francis May
  18. "'Beyondaril'", by John Metcalfe
  19. "The Manterfield Inheritance", by Charles Partington
  20. "The Storm King", by Emil Petaja
  21. "The Elevator", by James Wade
  22. "Appointment with Fire", by H. Russell Wakefield
  23. "The Rings of the Papaloi", by Donald J. Walsh, Jr.
  24. "Requiem for Earth", by Donald Wandrei

References

Dark Things Wikipedia