Xélucha and Others

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Xélucha and Others

Dust-jacket illustration by Frank Utpatel for Xélucha and Others
Author M. P. Shiel
Cover artist Frank Utpatel
Country United States
Language English
Genre(s) Fantasy, Horror short stories
Publisher Arkham House
Publication date 1975
Media type Print (Hardback)
Pages viii, 143 pp
ISBN ISBN 0-87054-069-6

Xélucha and Others is a collection of stories by author M. P. Shiel. It was released in 1975 by Arkham House in an edition of 4,283 copies. It was the author's first book published by Arkham House and was first announced in Arkham's 1948 catalog. It contains the stories Shiel considered to be his best.

[edit] Contents

Xélucha and Others contains the following tales:

  1. "Introduction"
  2. "Xélucha"
  3. "The Primate of the Rose"
  4. "Dark Lot of One Saul"
  5. "The House of Sounds"
  6. "The Globe of Gold-Fish"
  7. "Many a Tear"
  8. "The Bride"
  9. "The Tale of Henry and Rowena"
  10. "The Bell of St. Sepulcre"
  11. "Huguenin's Wife"
  12. "The Pale Ape"
  13. "The Case of Euphemia Raphash"

[edit] References

  • Jaffery, Sheldon (1989). The Arkham House Companion. Mercer Island, WA: Starmont House, Inc., 114. 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., 51. 
  • Joshi, S.T. (1999). Sixty Years of Arkham House: A History and Bibliography. Sauk City, WI: Arkham House, 137-138. ISBN 0-87054-176-5. 
  • Nielsen, Leon (2004). Arkham House Books: A Collector's Guide. Jefferson, NC and London: McFarland & Company, Inc., 121. ISBN 0-7864-1785-4.