Dark Mind, Dark Heart

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Dark Mind, Dark Heart

Dust-jacket illustration by Dale Mann, design by Gary Gore for Dark Mind, Dark Heart
Author edited by August Derleth
Cover artist Dale Mann
Country United States
Language English
Genre(s) Fantasy, horror short stories
Publisher Arkham House
Publication date 1962
Media type Print (Hardback)
Pages viii, 249 pp
ISBN NA

Dark Mind, Dark Heart is an anthology of horror stories edited by August Derleth. It was released in 1962 by Arkham House in an edition of 2,493 copies. The anthology was conceived as a collection of new stories by old Arkham House authors. The anthology is also notable for including the first Cthulhu Mythos story by Ramsey Campbell.

[edit] Contents

Dark Mind, Dark Heart contains the following tales:

  1. "Foreword", by August Derleth
  2. "Under the Horns", by Robert Bloch
  3. "Come Back, Uncle Ben!", by Joseph Payne Brennan
  4. "The Church in High Street", by J. Ramsey Campbell
  5. "Hargraves' Fore-Edge Book", by Mary Elizabeth Counselman
  6. "Miss Esperson", by Stephen Grendon
  7. "The Habitants of Middle Islet", by William Hope Hodgson
  8. "The Grey God Passes", by Robert E. Howard
  9. "The Aquarium", by Carl Jacobi
  10. "The Man Who Wanted to Be in the Movies", by John Jakes
  11. "In Memoriam", by David H. Keller
  12. "Witches' Hollow", by H. P. Lovecraft and August Derleth
  13. "The Ideal Type", by Frank Mace
  14. "The Firing Chamber", by John Metcalfe
  15. "The Green Vase", by Dennis Roidt
  16. "XĂ©lucha", by M. P. Shiel
  17. "The Animals in the Case", by H. Russell Wakefield
  18. "Caer Sidhi", by George Wetzel

[edit] Reprints

  • London: Mayflower, 1963.

[edit] References

  • Jaffery, Sheldon (1989). The Arkham House Companion. Mercer Island, WA: Starmont House, Inc., 62. 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., 39. 
  • Joshi, S.T. (1999). Sixty Years of Arkham House: A History and Bibliography. Sauk City, WI: Arkham House, 76-77. ISBN 0-87054-176-5. 
  • Nielsen, Leon (2004). Arkham House Books: A Collector's Guide. Jefferson, NC and London: McFarland & Company, Inc., 85-86. ISBN 0-7864-1785-4.