Over the Edge (anthology)

Over the Edge

Dust-jacket illustration by Frank Utpatel for Over the Edge
Author	edited by August Derleth
Cover artist	Frank Utpatel
Country	United States
Language	English
Genre	Fantasy, horror
Publisher	Arkham House
Publication date	1964
Media type	Print (hardback)
Pages	vi, 297 pp

Over the Edge is an anthology of horror stories edited by August Derleth. It was released in 1964 by Arkham House in an edition of 2,520 copies. The anthology was produced to mark the 25th anniversary of Arkham House. None of the stories had been previously published.

Contents

Over the Edge contains the following tales:

1. "Foreword", by August Derleth
2. "The Crew of the Lancing", by William Hope Hodgson
3. "The Last Meeting of Two Old Friends", by H. Russell Wakefield
4. "The Shadow in the Attic", by H. P. Lovecraft and August Derleth
5. "The Renegade", by John Metcalfe
6. "Told in the Desert", by Clark Ashton Smith
7. "When the Rains Came", by Frank Belknap Long
8. "The Blue Flame of Vengeance", by Robert E. Howard & John Pocsik
9. "Crabgrass", by Jesse Stuart
10. "Kincaid's Car", by Carl Jacobi
11. "The Patchwork Quilt", by August Derleth
12. "The Black Gondolier", by Fritz Leiber
13. "The Old Lady's Room", by J. Vernon Shea
14. "The North Knoll", by Joseph Payne Brennan
15. "The Huaco of Señor Perez", by Mary Elizabeth Counselman
16. "Mr. Alucard", by David A. Johnstone
17. "Casting the Stone", by John Pocsik
18. "Aneanoshian", by Michael Bailey
19. "The Stone on the Island", by J. Ramsey Campbell

Reprints

• London: Victor Gollancz, 1964.
• London: Arrow, 1976.

References

• Jaffery, Sheldon (1989). The Arkham House Companion. Mercer Island, WA: Starmont House, Inc. p. 73. 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. 41. 
• Joshi, S.T. (1999). Sixty Years of Arkham House: A History and Bibliography. Sauk City, WI: Arkham House. p. 85. ISBN 0-87054-176-5. 
• Nielsen, Leon (2004). Arkham House Books: A Collector's Guide. Jefferson, NC and London: McFarland & Company, Inc. p. 91. ISBN 0-7864-1785-4.