Eight Tales

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Eight Tales

Dust-jacket by Gary Gore for Eight Tales
Author Walter de la Mare
Cover artist Gary Gore
Country United States
Language English
Genre(s) Fantasy, Horror short stories
Publisher Arkham House
Publication date 1971
Media type Print (Hardback)
Pages xx, 108 pp
ISBN NA

Eight Tales is a collection of stories by author Walter de la Mare. It was released in 1971 and was the author's first collection of stories published by Arkham House. It was published in an edition of 2,992 copies. The stories were all written under de la Mare's pseudonym "Walter Ramal" and had not appeared previously in book form.

[edit] Contents

Eight Tales contains the following stories:

  1. "Introduction", by Edward Wagenknecht
  2. "Kismet"
  3. "The Hangman Luck"
  4. "A Mote"
  5. "The Village of Old Age"
  6. "The Moon's Miracle"
  7. "The Giant"
  8. "De Mortuis"
  9. "A:B:O."

[edit] References

  • Jaffery, Sheldon (1989). The Arkham House Companion. Mercer Island, WA: Starmont House, Inc., 99. ISBN 1-55742-005-X. 
  • Chalker, Jack L.; Mark Owings (1998). The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History, 1923-1998. Westminster, MD and Baltimore: Mirage Press, Ltd., 48. 
  • Joshi, S.T. (1999). Sixty Years of Arkham House: A History and Bibliography. Sauk City, WI: Arkham House, 124. ISBN 0-87054-176-5. 
  • Nielsen, Leon (2004). Arkham House Books: A Collector's Guide. Jefferson, NC and London: McFarland & Company, Inc., 113. ISBN 0-7864-1785-4.