“Dagon and Other Creepy Tales” is a collection of short stories by the American author G. F. Lovecraft , which also includes his essay on strange fiction and “Supernatural Horror in Literature”. It was first published in 1965 by Arkham House, with a circulation of 3,471 copies. The true first edition contains mainly stories about creatures in a humanoid appearance and with tails. The collection was reprinted in 1986, where the bulk of the stories was supplemented and arranged in chronological order, and, having received the designation “fifth edition”, was published in circulation of 4023 copies.
| Dagon and other creepy stories | |
|---|---|
| Dagon and Other Macabre Tales | |
| Genre | lovecraft horrors |
| Author | G. F. Lovecraft |
| Original language | English |
| Date of first publication | 1965 |
| Publishing house | Arkham house |
Contents
- “Dagon and Other Creepy Tales” was supplemented by Augustus Derlet:
- Dagon
- Crypt
- " Polaris "
- " Behind the wall of sleep "
- "The Punishing Rock over Sarnath "
- " White ship "
- “ Some facts about the late Arthur Jermine and his family ”
- " Cats of Ultar "
- Selefais
- “ Outside ”
- " Temple "
- " Tree "
- Moonlit Swamp
- " Nameless city "
- Call of Cthulhu
- " Other gods "
- “The Search for Iranon”
- " Herbert West - Resuscitator "
- "Dog"
- Hypnos
- Lurking Horror
- " Holiday "
- " Unnamed "
- " Buried with the Pharaohs "
- "Is he"
- Horror at Red Hook
- " Mysterious house on a foggy cliff "
- " Within the walls of Eric "
- Ominous Priest
- " The beast in the cave "
- Alchemist
- "Poetry and the gods"
- "Street"
- "The reincarnation of Juan Romero "
- Azatot
- " Descendant "
- The book
- “Something in the moonlight”
- “ Supernatural horror in literature ”
Sources
- Sheldon Jaffery. The Arkham House Companion. - Mercer Island, WA: Starmont House, Inc., 1989. - P. 79,139-140. - ISBN 1-55742-005-X .
- Jack L. Chalker. The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History, 1923-1998. - Westminster, MD and Baltimore: Mirage Press, Ltd ,, 1998. - P. 42–43, 56.
- ST Joshi Sixty Years of Arkham House: A History and Bibliography. - Sauk City, WI: Arkham House, 1999. - P. 90–91, 155–156. - ISBN 0-87054-176-5 .
- Leon Nielsen Arkham House Books: A Collector's Guide. - Jefferson, NC and London: McFarland & Company, Inc., 2004. - P. 95–96,132–133. - ISBN 0-7864-1785-4 .