Night Creatures

by Quinn, Seabury

The eleven stories gathered together for Night CreaturesÑ

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Book desription: Ash-Tree Press. The eleven stories gathered together for Night CreaturesÑonly one of which features Quinn's plucky phantom fighter de GrandinÑwere all published in Weird Tales between 1923 and 1947, and few have been reprinted since. They concern werewolves and witches, vampires and demons, and even a conventional ghost or two; but they are far more than variations on standard themes. Quinn was as concerned with the minds and hearts of his characters as he was with the horrors of their situations; and the result is a collection of stories which is as compassionate and poignant as it is chilling and horrifying. New. 2003/New (Condition varies from Fine to Near Fine. Please inquire as to specific condition). Hardcover (5-6" by 8-9")Edited, with an Introduction by Peter Ruber & Joseph Wrzos. The name of Seabury Quinn (1889Ð1969) is inextricably linked with the 'unique magazine', Weird Tales, to which he contributed some one hundred and fifty-nine stories and articles, making him that publication's most prolific contributor. His most conspicuous success was the series of tales featuring the occult detective Jules de Grandin, which always left readers clamouring for more. Indeed, de Grandin almost became to Quinn what Sherlock Holmes became to Arthur Conan Doyle: so overwhelmingly popular a creation that he threatened to overshadow completely his author's other successes. Keywords: CONTENTS: Introduction; The Golden Spider; The Gentle Werewolf; Mortmain; Uncanonized; The Thing in the Fog; Two Shall Be Born; Glamour; Masked Ball; Is the Devil a Gentleman?; There Are Such Things; The Phantom Farm House. Jacket art is by Keith Minnion. Limited to 600 copies. Horror First Edition Collected Short Fiction Limited Edition, Small/Independent Press,

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