Something Near

Something Near

Infobox Book
name = Something Near
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image_caption = Dust-jacket illustration by Ronald Clyne for "Something Near"
author = August Derleth
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cover_artist = Ronald Clyne
country = United States
language = English
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genre = fantasy, horror short stories
publisher = Arkham House
release_date = 1945
english_release_date =
media_type = Print (Hardback)
pages = 274 pp
isbn = NA
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"Something Near" is a collection of fantasy and horror short stories by author August Derleth. It was released in 1945 and was the author's second book published by Arkham House. 2,054 copies were printed.

Most of the stories had appeared earlier in the magazine "Weird Tales".

Contents

"Something Near" contains the following tales:

# "A Thin Gentleman with Gloves"
# "Mr. Ames' Devil"
# "A Wig for Miss Devore"
# "Mrs. Corter Makes Up Her Mind"
# "Pacific 421"
# "Headlines for Tod Shayne"
# "No Light for Uncle Henry"
# "Lansing's Luxury"
# "Carousel"
# "Lady Macbeth of Pimley Square"
# "Here, Daemos!"
# "McElwin's Glass"
# "An Elegy for Mr. Danielson"
# "The Satin Mask"
# "Motive"
# "The Metronome"
# "The Inverness Cape"
# "The Thing That Walked on the Wind"
# "Ithaqua"
# "Beyond the Threshold"
# "The Dweller in Darkness"

References

*cite book | last=Jaffery | first=Sheldon | authorlink=Sheldon Jaffery | title=The Arkham House Companion | location=Mercer Island, WA | publisher=Starmont House, Inc.| pages=10-11| 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=28 | 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=30 | 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=54 | date=2004 | id=ISBN 0-7864-1785-4


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