The Opener of the Way

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image_caption = Dust-jacket illustration by Ronald Clyne for "The Opener of the Way"
author = Robert Bloch
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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
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media_type = Print (Hardback)
pages = xi, 309 pp
isbn = NA
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"The Opener of the Way" is a collection of fantasy and horror short stories by author Robert Bloch. It was released in 1945 and was the author's first book. It was published by Arkham House in an edition of 2,065 copies.

Most of the stories had appeared in the magazine "Weird Tales" in the 1930s and 1940s.

Contents

"The Opener of the Way" contains the following tales:

# "By Way of Introduction"
# "The Cloak"
# "Beetles"
# "The Fiddler's Fee"
# "The Mannikin"
# "The Strange Flight of Richard Clayton"
# "Yours Truly, Jack the Ripper"
# "The Seal of the Satyr"
# "The Dark Demon"
# "The Faceless God"
# "The House of the Hatchet"
# "The Opener of the Way"
# "Return to the Sabbath"
# "The Mandarin's Canaries"
# "Waxworks"
# "The Feast in the Abbey"
# "Slave of the Flames"
# "The Shambler from the Stars"
# "Mother of Serpents"
# "The Secret of Sebek"
# "The Eyes of the Mummy"
# "One Way to Mars"

References

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