Strayers from Sheol

Strayers from Sheol

Infobox Book
name = Strayers from Sheol
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image_caption = Dust-jacket illustration by Gary Gore for "Strayers from Sheol"
author = H. Russell Wakefield
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cover_artist = Gary Gore
country = United States
language = English
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genre = Fantasy, Horror short stories
publisher = Arkham House
release_date = 1961
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media_type = Print (Hardback)
pages = 186 pp
isbn = NA
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"Strayers from Sheol" is a collection of stories by author H. Russell Wakefield. It was released in 1961 and was the second collection of the author's stories to be published by Arkham House. It was published in an edition of 2,070 copies.

Some of the stories had appeared originally in "Weird Tales", "The Arkham Sampler", "The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction" and "Fantastic Universe".

Contents

"Strayers from Sheol" contains the following tales:

# "Introduction: Farewell to All Those!"
# "Monstrous Regiment"
# "The Third Shadow"
# "Mr. Ash's Studio"
# "Ghost Hunt"
# "Messrs. Turkes & Talbot"
# "A Kink in Space-Time"
# "Woe Water"
# "The Caretaker"
# ""Four Eyes""
# "The Sepulchre of Jasper Sarasen"
# "The Gorge of the Churels"
# "Immortal Bird"
# "The Middle Drawer"
# "The Triumph of Death"

References

*cite book | last=Jaffery | first=Sheldon | authorlink=Sheldon Jaffery | title=The Arkham House Companion | location=Mercer Island, WA | publisher=Starmont House, Inc.| pages=55| 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=37 | 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=69 | 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=81 | date=2004 | id=ISBN 0-7864-1785-4


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