The Survivor and Others

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name = The Survivor and Others
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image_caption = Jacket illustration by Ronald Clyne for "The Survivor and Others"
author = H. P. Lovecraft and 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 = 1957
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media_type = Print (Hardback)
pages = 161 pp
isbn = NA
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"The Survivor and Others" is a collection of fantasy and horror short stories by August Derleth, inspired by some of H. P. Lovecraft's notes left behind after his death. Derleth, Lovecraft's literary executor billed himself as a "posthumous collaborator" with the other writer. It was released in an edition of 2,096 copies.

All of the stories, written after Lovecraft's death, were completed by Derleth from Lovecraft's notes or outlines.

Contents

"The Survivor and Others" contains the following tales:

# "The Survivor"
# "Wentworth's Day"
# "The Peabody Heritage"
# "The Gable Window"
# "The Ancestor"
# "The Shadow Out of Space"
# "The Lamp of Alhazred"

Reprints

*New York: Ballantine, 1962.

References

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