Jumbee and Other Uncanny Tales

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Title Jumbee and Other Uncanny Tales

Dust-jacket illustration by Frank Wakefield for Jumbee and Other Uncanny Tales
Author Henry S. Whitehead
Cover artist Frank Wakefield
Country United States
Language English
Genre(s) Fantasy, Horror short story collection
Publisher Arkham House
Released 1944
Media type Print (Hardback)
Pages xii, 394 pp
ISBN NA

Jumbee and Other Uncanny Tales is a collection of fantasy and horror short stories by author Henry S. Whitehead. It was released in 1944 and was his first book published by Arkham House. 1,559 copies were printed.

The stories for this volume were taken chiefly from the magazines Weird Tales and Adventure.

[edit] Contents

Jumbee and Other Uncanny Tales contains the following tales:

  1. "Henry S. Whitehead", by R.H. Barlow
  2. "Jumbee"
  3. "Cassius"
  4. "Black Tancrède"
  5. "The Shadows"
  6. "Sweet Grass"
  7. "The Black Beast"
  8. "Seven Turns in a Hangman's Rope"
  9. "The Tree-Man"
  10. "Passing of a God"
  11. "Mrs. Lorriquer"
  12. "Hill Drums"
  13. "The Projection of Armand Dubois"
  14. "The Lips"
  15. "The Fireplace"

[edit] References

  • Jaffery, Sheldon (1989). The Arkham House Companion. Mercer Island, WA: Starmont House, Inc., 8. 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., 27. 
  • Joshi, S.T. (1999). Sixty Years of Arkham House: A History and Bibliography. Sauk City, WI: Arkham House, 26-27. ISBN 0-87054-176-5. 
  • Nielsen, Leon (2004). Arkham House Books: A Collector's Guide. Jefferson, NC and London: McFarland & Company, Inc., 51-52. ISBN 0-7864-1785-4. 
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