The Adventures of Lucius Leffing

The Adventures of Lucius Leffing

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image_caption = Cover of the first edition
author = Joseph Payne Brennan
illustrator = Luis Ferreira
cover_artist = Luis Ferreira
country = United States
language = English
series = Lucius Leffing
genre = Supernatural, Detective short stories
publisher = Donald M. Grant, Publisher, Inc.
release_date = 1990
english_release_date =
media_type = Print (Hardback)
pages = 224 pp
isbn = ISBN 0-937986-95-X
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"The Adventures of Lucius Leffing" is a collection of supernatural, detective short stories by Joseph Payne Brennan. It was first published in 1990 by Donald M. Grant, Publisher, Inc. in an edition of 1,000 copies, all of which were signed by the author and the artist. The stories feature Brennan's supernatural detective, Lucius Leffing. All but four of the stories first appeared in this collection. The others were taken from the magazines "Weird Tales" and "Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine" or from the anthology "Night Visions 2", edited by Charles L. Grant.

Contents

* "The Nursing Home Horror"
* "The Vanning Case"
* "The Swamp Horror"
* "Death on 91"
* "Copycat Killer"
* "Murder in the Parks"
* "The Butcher Knife Murder"
* "Motive for Murder"
* "Wanderson’s Waste"
* "The Haunting at Juniper Hill"
* "The Delivery"
* "The Spruce Valley Monster"
* "Observations on Lorimer Street"

References

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first = Charles N.
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coauthors = William G. Contento
title = The Locus Index to Science Fiction (1984-1998)
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date = 2007-11-20
url = http://www.locusmag.com/index/t134.htm#A15741
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accessdate = 2008-06-15

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