Language English Media type Print (Hardback) Originally published 1945 Country United States of America | Publication date 1945 Pages 274 pp | |
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Genres Fantasy, Short story, Horror fiction, Horror, Speculative fiction Similar August Derleth books, Short Stories | ||
Something Near is a collection of fantasy and horror short stories by author August Derleth. It was released in 1945 and was the author's second book published by Arkham House. 2,054 copies were printed. The collection has never been reprinted.
Contents
Most of the stories had appeared earlier in the magazine Weird Tales.
Contents
Something Near contains the following tales:
- "A Thin Gentleman with Gloves"
- "Mr. Ames' Devil"
- "A Wig for Miss Devore"
- "Mrs. Corter Makes Up Her Mind"
- "Pacific 421"
- "Headlines for Tod Shayne"
- "No Light for Uncle Henry"
- "Lansing's Luxury"
- "Carousel"
- "Lady Macbeth of Pimley Square"
- "Here, Daemos!"
- "McElwin's Glass"
- "An Elegy for Mr. Danielson"
- "The Satin Mask"
- "Motive"
- "The Metronome"
- "The Inverness Cape"
- "The Thing That Walked on the Wind"
- "Ithaqua"
- "Beyond the Threshold"
- "The Dweller in Darkness"
Reception
E. F. Bleiler found the collection to be "Mostly routine work". Francis T. Laney recommended Something Near as "a worthy, if not outstanding, addition to the Arkham series", saying that "Derleth is a thoroughly competent craftsman, and his better efforts in the genre are well deserving of hard covers".
References
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