Tales from Underwood

Infobox Book
name = Tales from Underwood
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image_caption = Jacket illustration by Ronald Clyne for "Tales from Underwood"
author = David H. Keller
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cover_artist = Ronald Clyne
country = United States
language = English
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genre = Fantasy, Horror, Science fiction short stories
publisher = Pellegrini & Cudahy for Arkham House
release_date = 1952
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media_type = Print (Hardback)
pages = vii, 322 pp
isbn = NA
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"Tales from Underwood" is a collection of fantasy, horror and science fiction short stories by author David H. Keller. It was released in 1952 and was the author's first collection published in association with Arkham House. It was also the first of only two books published by Pellegrini & Cudahy for Arkham House. It was released in an edition of 3,500 copies.

Most of the stories had originally appeared in the magazines "Weird Tales" and "Amazing Stories".

Contents

"Tales from Underwood" contains the following stories:

# "Introduction"
# "The Worm"
# "Revolt of the Pedestrians"
# "The Yeast Men"
# "The Ivy War"
# "The Doorbell"
# "The Flying Fool"
# "The Psychoponic Nurse"
# "A Biological Experiment"
# "Free as the Air"
# "The Bridle"
# "Tiger Cat"
# "The God Wheel"
# "The Golden Bough"
# "The Jelly Fish"
# "The Opium Eater"
# "The Thing in the Cellar"
# "The Moon Artist"
# "Creation Unforgivable"
# "The Dead Woman"
# "The Door"
# "The Perfumed Garden"
# "The Literary Corkscrew"
# "A Piece of Linoleum"

Reprints

*Jersey, UK: Neville Spearman, 1974.

References

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