The Eye and the Finger

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name = The Eye and the Finger
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image_caption = Dust-jacket illustration by Howard Wandrei for "The Eye and the Finger"
author = Donald Wandrei
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cover_artist = Howard Wandrei
country = United States
language = English
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genre = Fantasy, Horror, Science fiction short stories
publisher = Arkham House
release_date = 1944
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media_type = Print (Hardback)
pages = xiii, 344 pp
isbn = NA
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"The Eye and the Finger" is a collection of Fantasy, Horror and Science fiction short stories by author Donald Wandrei. It was released in 1944 and was his first book published by Arkham House. 1,617 copies were printed.

The stories had appeared previously in "Weird Tales", "Esquire", "Argosy", "Astounding Stories" and other magazines. They were selected by the author and were the ones he considered to be his best at the time. The dust jacket illustration is by the author's brother, Howard Wandrei.

Contents

"The Eye and the Finger" contains the following short stories:

# "Introduction"
# "The Lady in Gray"
# "The Eye and the Finger"
# "The Painted Mirror"
# "It Will Grow on You"
# "The Tree-Men of M'Bwa"
# "The Lives of Alfred Kramer"
# "The Monster from Nowhere"
# "The Witch-Makers"
# "The Neverless Man"
# "Black Fog"
# "The Blinding Shadows"
# "The Scientist Divides"
# "Earth Minus"
# "Finality Unlimited"
# "The Crystal Bullet"
# "A Fragment of a Dream"
# "The Woman at the Window"
# "The Messengers"
# "The Pursuers"
# "The Red Brain"
# "On the Threshold of Eternity"

References

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