Strayers from Sheol

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Title Strayers from Sheol

Dust-jacket illustration by Gary Gore for Strayers from Sheol
Author H. Russell Wakefield
Cover artist Gary Gore
Country United States
Language English
Genre(s) Fantasy, Horror short stories
Publisher Arkham House
Released 1961
Media type Print (Hardback)
Pages 186 pp
ISBN NA

Strayers from Sheol is a collection of stories by author H. Russell Wakefield. It was released in 1961 and was the second collection of the author's stories to be published by Arkham House. It was published in an edition of 2,070 copies.

Some of the stories had appeared originally in Weird Tales, The Arkham Sampler, The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction and Fantastic Universe.

[edit] Contents

Strayers from Sheol contains the following tales:

  1. "Introduction: Farewell to All Those!"
  2. "Monstrous Regiment"
  3. "The Third Shadow"
  4. "Mr. Ash's Studio"
  5. "Ghost Hunt"
  6. "Messrs. Turkes & Talbot"
  7. "A Kink in Space-Time"
  8. "Woe Water"
  9. "The Caretaker"
  10. ""Four Eyes""
  11. "The Sepulchre of Jasper Sarasen"
  12. "The Gorge of the Churels"
  13. "Immortal Bird"
  14. "The Middle Drawer"
  15. "The Triumph of Death"

[edit] References

  • Jaffery, Sheldon (1989). The Arkham House Companion. Mercer Island, WA: Starmont House, Inc., 55. 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., 37. 
  • Joshi, S.T. (1999). Sixty Years of Arkham House: A History and Bibliography. Sauk City, WI: Arkham House, 69. ISBN 0-87054-176-5. 
  • Nielsen, Leon (2004). Arkham House Books: A Collector's Guide. Jefferson, NC and London: McFarland & Company, Inc., 81. ISBN 0-7864-1785-4.