Flowers from the Moon and Other Lunacies

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Flowers from the Moon and Other Lunacies
Dust-jacket illustration by Tony Patrick for Flowers from the Moon and Other Lunacies
Author	Robert Bloch
Cover artist	Tony Patrick, design by Martin Hertzel
Country	United States
Language	English
Genre(s)	Horror, Fantasy short stories
Publisher	Arkham House
Publication date	1998
Media type	Print (Hardback)
Pages	xii, 296 pp
ISBN	ISBN 0-87054-172-2

Flowers from the Moon and Other Lunacies is a collection of horror and fantasy stories by author Robert Bloch. It was released in 1998 and was the author's third book published by Arkham House. It was published in an edition of 2,565 copies. The stories, selected by Robert M. Price, originally appeared in the magazines Weird Tales, Strange Stories and Rogue. The collection includes some Cthulhu Mythos stories.

[edit] Contents

Flowers from the Moon and Other Lunacies contains the following tales:

1. "Introduction", by Robert M. Price
2. "The Druidic Doom"
3. "Fangs of Vengeance"
4. "Death is An Elephant"
5. "A Question of Identity"
6. "Death Has Five Guesses"
7. "The Bottomless Pool"
8. "The Dark Isle"
9. "Flowers From the Moon"
10. "He Waits Beneath the Sea"
11. "Power of Druid"
12. "Be Yourself"
13. "A Sorcerer Runs for Sheriff"
14. "Black Bargain"
15. "A Bottle of Gin"
16. "Wine of Sabbat"
17. "Soul Proprietor"
18. "Satan’s Phonograph"
19. "The Man Who Told The Truth"
20. "The Night They Crashed the Party"
21. "Philtre Tip"

[edit] References

• Chalker, Jack L.; Mark Owings (1998). The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History, 1923-1998. Westminster, MD and Baltimore: Mirage Press, Ltd., 60-61. 
• Joshi, S.T. (1999). Sixty Years of Arkham House: A History and Bibliography. Sauk City, WI: Arkham House, 170-171. ISBN 0-87054-176-5. 
• Nielsen, Leon (2004). Arkham House Books: A Collector's Guide. Jefferson, NC and London: McFarland & Company, Inc., 141. ISBN 0-7864-1785-4.