Fearful Pleasures

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Fearful Pleasures

Dust-jacket illustration by Ronald Clyne for Fearful Pleasures by A. E. Coppard
Author A. E. Coppard
Cover artist Ronald Clyne
Country United States
Language English
Genre fantasy, horror short stories
Publisher Arkham House
Publication date
 1946
Media type Print (Hardback)
Pages xiii, 301 pp

Fearful Pleasures is a collection of fantasy and horror short stories by author A. E. Coppard. It was released in 1946 and was the first collection of the author's stories to be published by Arkham House. It was published in an edition of 4,033 copies.

Contents

Fearful Pleasures contains the following tales:

  1. "Foreword"
  2. "Adam and Eve and Pinch Me"
  3. "Clorinda Walks in Heaven"
  4. "The Elixir of Youth"
  5. "Simple Simon"
  6. "Old Martin"
  7. "The Bogie Man"
  8. "Polly Morgan"
  9. "The Gollan"
  10. "The Post Office and the Serpent"
  11. "Crotty"
  12. "Shinkwin"
  13. "Ahoy, Sailor Boy!"
  14. "Gone Away"
  15. "Rocky and the Bailiff"
  16. "Ale Celestial"
  17. "The Fair Young Willowy Tree"
  18. "Father Raven"
  19. "The Drum"
  20. "Cheese"
  21. "The Homeless One"
  22. "The Kisstruck Bogie"
  23. "The Tiger"
  24. "The Gruesome Pit"

References

  • Jaffery, Sheldon (1989). The Arkham House Companion. Mercer Island, WA: Starmont House, Inc. p. 19. 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. p. 29. 
  • Joshi, S.T. (1999). Sixty Years of Arkham House: A History and Bibliography. Sauk City, WI: Arkham House. pp. 36–37. ISBN 0-87054-176-5. 
  • Nielsen, Leon (2004). Arkham House Books: A Collector's Guide. Jefferson, NC and London: McFarland & Company, Inc. p. 59. ISBN 0-7864-1785-4. 
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