Revelations in Black

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Revelations in Black

Dust Jacket Illustration by Ronald Clyne for Revelations in Black by Carl Jacobi
Author Carl Jacobi
Cover artist Ronald Clyne
Country United States
Language English
Genre(s) fantasy, horror short stories
Publisher Arkham House
Publication date 1947
Media type Print (Hardback)
Pages 272 pp
ISBN NA

Revelations in Black is a collection of fantasy and horror short stories by author Carl Jacobi. It was released in 1947 and was the author's first book. It was published by Arkham House in an edition of 3,082 copies.

Most of the stories originally appeared in the magazines Weird Tales and Startling Stories.

[edit] Contents

Revelations in Black contains the following tales:

  1. "Revelations in Black"
  2. "Phantom Brass"
  3. "The Cane"
  4. "The Coach on the Ring"
  5. "The Kite"
  6. "Canal"
  7. "The Satanic Piano"
  8. "The Last Drive"
  9. "The Spectral Pistol"
  10. "Sagasta's Last"
  11. "The Tomb from Beyond"
  12. "The Digging at Pistol Key"
  13. "Moss Island"
  14. "Carnaby's Fish"
  15. "The King and the Knave"
  16. "Cosmic Teletype"
  17. "A Pair of Swords"
  18. "A Study in Darkness"
  19. "Mive"
  20. "Writing on the Wall"
  21. "The Face in the Wind"

[edit] Reprints

  • New York: Jove/HBL, 1979.

[edit] References

  • Jaffery, Sheldon (1989). The Arkham House Companion. Mercer Island, WA: Starmont House, Inc., 27. 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., 31. 
  • Joshi, S.T. (1999). Sixty Years of Arkham House: A History and Bibliography. Sauk City, WI: Arkham House, 43-44. ISBN 0-87054-176-5. 
  • Nielsen, Leon (2004). Arkham House Books: A Collector's Guide. Jefferson, NC and London: McFarland & Company, Inc., 63-64. ISBN 0-7864-1785-4.