Eight Tales

Eight Tales

Infobox Book
name = Eight Tales
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image_caption = Dust-jacket by Gary Gore for "Eight Tales"
author = Walter de la Mare
illustrator =
cover_artist = Gary Gore
country = United States
language = English
series =
genre = Fantasy, Horror short stories
publisher = Arkham House
release_date = 1971
english_release_date =
media_type = Print (Hardback)
pages = xx, 108 pp
isbn = NA
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"Eight Tales" is a collection of stories by author Walter de la Mare. It was released in 1971 and was the author's first collection of stories published by Arkham House. It was published in an edition of 2,992 copies. The stories were all written under de la Mare's pseudonym "Walter Ramal" and had not appeared previously in book form.

Contents

"Eight Tales" contains the following stories:

# "Introduction", by Edward Wagenknecht
# "Kismet"
# "The Hangman Luck"
# "A Mote"
# "The Village of Old Age"
# "The Moon's Miracle"
# "The Giant"
# "De Mortuis"
# "A:B:O."

References

*cite book | last=Jaffery | first=Sheldon | authorlink=Sheldon Jaffery | title=The Arkham House Companion | location=Mercer Island, WA | publisher=Starmont House, Inc.| pages=99 | 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=48 | 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=124 | 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=113 | date=2004 | id=ISBN 0-7864-1785-4


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