The Inhabitant of the Lake and Less Welcome Tenants

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name = The Inhabitant of the Lake and Less Welcome Tenants
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image_caption = Dust-jacket illustration by Frank Utpatel for "The Inhabitant of the Lake and Less Welcome Tenants"
author = J. Ramsey Campbell
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cover_artist = Frank Utpatel
country = United States
language = English
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genre = fantasy, horror short stories
publisher = Arkham House
release_date = 1964
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media_type = Print (Hardback)
pages = xii, 207 pp
isbn = NA
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"The Inhabitant of the Lake and Less Welcome Tenants" is a collection of fantasy and horror short stories by British author J. Ramsey Campbell, who dropped the initial from his name in subsequent publications. It was released in 1964 by Arkham House in an edition of 2,009 copies and was the author's first book. The stories are part of the Cthulhu Mythos. Campbell had originally written his introduction to be included in the book "The Dark Brotherhood and Other Pieces" under the title "Cthulhu in Britain". However, Arkham's editor, August Derleth, decided to use it here. The contents were reprinted with some of Campbell's later Lovecraftian work in his 1985 collection "Cold Print".

Contents

"The Inhabitant of the Lake and Less Welcome Tenants" contains the following tales:

# "A Word From the Author"
# "The Room in the Castle"
# "The Horror from the Bridge"
# "The Insects from Shaggai"
# "The Render of the Veils"
# "The Inhabitant of the Lake"
# "The Plain of Sound"
# "The Return of the Witch"
# "The Mine on Yuggoth"
# "The Will of Stanley Brooke"
# "The Moon-Lens"

References

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