The Feasting Dead

The Feasting Dead

Infobox Book
name = The Feasting Dead
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image_caption = Dust-jacket illustration by Frank Utpatel for "The Feasting Dead"
author = John Metcalfe
illustrator =
cover_artist = Frank Utpatel
country = United States
language = English
series =
genre = Horror
publisher = Arkham House
release_date = 1954
english_release_date =
media_type = Print (Hardback)
pages = 123 pp
isbn = NA
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"The Feasting Dead" is a horror novel by author John Metcalfe. It was published by Arkham House in in 1954 in an edition of 1,242 copies. It was the only book published by Arkham House in 1954.

Plot summary

The story is about a young English boy, Denis, who, while in France falls under the influence of a vampiric being, from the folklore of Auvergne and the misfortune that befalls him.

References

*cite book | last=Jaffery | first=Sheldon | authorlink=Sheldon Jaffery | title=The Arkham House Companion | location=Mercer Island, WA | publisher=Starmont House, Inc.| pages=44-45| date=1989 | id=ISBN 1-55742-005-X
*cite book | last=Chalker | first=Jack L. | authorlink=Jack L. Chalker | coauthors=Mark Owings | title=The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History, 1923-1998 | location=Westminster, MD and Baltimore | publisher=Mirage Press, Ltd.| pages=35 | date=1998
*cite book | last=Joshi | first=S.T. | authorlink=S.T. Joshi | title=Sixty Years of Arkham House: A History and Bibliography | location=Sauk City, WI | publisher=Arkham House| pages=60 | date=1999 | id=ISBN 0-87054-176-5
*cite book | last=Nielsen | first=Leon | title=Arkham House Books: A Collector's Guide | location=Jefferson, NC and London | publisher=McFarland & Company, Inc.| pages=75-76 | date=2004 | id=ISBN 0-7864-1785-4


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