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Over the Edge (anthology)

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Cover artist
  
Frank Utpatel

Publication date
  
1964

Pages
  
vi, 297 pp

Author
  
August Derleth

Country
  
United States of America

Language
  
English

Media type
  
Print (Hardback)

Originally published
  
1964

Publisher
  
Arkham House

Editor
  
August Derleth

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Genres
  
Horror, Short story, Fantasy, Horror fiction

Similar
  
August Derleth books, Short Stories

Over the Edge is an anthology of horror stories edited by August Derleth. It was released in 1964 by Arkham House in an edition of 2,520 copies. The anthology was produced to mark the 25th anniversary of Arkham House. None of the stories had been previously published.

Contents

Contents

Over the Edge contains the following tales:

  1. "Foreword", by August Derleth
  2. "The Crew of the Lancing", by William Hope Hodgson
  3. "The Last Meeting of Two Old Friends", by H. Russell Wakefield
  4. "The Shadow in the Attic", by H. P. Lovecraft and August Derleth
  5. "The Renegade", by John Metcalfe
  6. "Told in the Desert", by Clark Ashton Smith
  7. "When the Rains Came", by Frank Belknap Long
  8. "The Blue Flame of Vengeance", by Robert E. Howard & John Pocsik
  9. "Crabgrass", by Jesse Stuart
  10. "Kincaid's Car", by Carl Jacobi
  11. "The Patchwork Quilt", by August Derleth
  12. "The Black Gondolier", by Fritz Leiber
  13. "The Old Lady's Room", by J. Vernon Shea
  14. "The North Knoll", by Joseph Payne Brennan
  15. "The Huaco of Señor Perez", by Mary Elizabeth Counselman
  16. "Mr. Alucard", by David A. Johnstone
  17. "Casting the Stone", by John Pocsik
  18. "Aneanoshian", by Michael Bailey
  19. "The Stone on the Island", by J. Ramsey Campbell

Reprints

  • London: Victor Gollancz, 1964.
  • London: Arrow, 1976.

    • References

    Over the Edge (anthology) Wikipedia
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