Xélucha and Others

Xélucha and Others

Infobox Book |
name = Xélucha and Others
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image_caption = Dust-jacket illustration by Frank Utpatel for "Xélucha and Others"
author = M. P. Shiel
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cover_artist = Frank Utpatel
country = United States
language = English
series =
genre = Fantasy, Horror short stories
publisher = Arkham House
release_date = 1975
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media_type = Print (Hardback)
pages = viii, 143 pp
isbn = ISBN 0-87054-069-6
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"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.

Contents

"Xélucha and Others" contains the following tales:

# "Introduction"
# "Xélucha"
# "The Primate of the Rose"
# "Dark Lot of One Saul"
# "The House of Sounds"
# "The Globe of Gold-Fish"
# "Many a Tear"
# "The Bride"
# "The Tale of Henry and Rowena"
# "The Bell of St. Sepulcre"
# "Huguenin's Wife"
# "The Pale Ape"
# "The Case of Euphemia Raphash"

References

*cite book | last=Jaffery | first=Sheldon | authorlink=Sheldon Jaffery | title=The Arkham House Companion | location=Mercer Island, WA | publisher=Starmont House, Inc.| pages=114 | 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=51 | 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=137-138 | 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=121 | date=2004 | id=ISBN 0-7864-1785-4


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