- Over the Edge (anthology)
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Over the Edge
Dust-jacket illustration by Frank Utpatel for Over the EdgeAuthor(s) edited by August Derleth Cover artist Frank Utpatel Country United States Language English Genre(s) Fantasy, Horror short stories Publisher Arkham House Publication date 1964 Media type Print (Hardback) Pages vi, 297 pp ISBN NA Over the Edge is an anthology of horror stories edited by August Derleth. It was released in 1964 by Arkham House in an edition of 2,520 copies. The anthology was produced to mark the 25th anniversary of Arkham House. None of the stories had been previously published.
Contents
Over the Edge contains the following tales:
- "Foreword", by August Derleth
- "The Crew of the Lancing", by William Hope Hodgson
- "The Last Meeting of Two Old Friends", by H. Russell Wakefield
- "The Shadow in the Attic", by H. P. Lovecraft and August Derleth
- "The Renegade", by John Metcalfe
- "Told in the Desert", by Clark Ashton Smith
- "When the Rains Came", by Frank Belknap Long
- "The Blue Flame of Vengeance", by Robert E. Howard & John Pocsik
- "Crabgrass", by Jesse Stuart
- "Kincaid's Car", by Carl Jacobi
- "The Patchwork Quilt", by August Derleth
- "The Black Gondolier", by Fritz Leiber
- "The Old Lady's Room", by J. Vernon Shea
- "The North Knoll", by Joseph Payne Brennan
- "The Huaco of Señor Perez", by Mary Elizabeth Counselman
- "Mr. Alucard", by David A. Johnstone
- "Casting the Stone", by John Pocsik
- "Aneanoshian", by Michael Bailey
- "The Stone on the Island", by J. Ramsey Campbell
Reprints
- London: Victor Gollancz, 1964.
- London: Arrow, 1976.
References
- Jaffery, Sheldon (1989). The Arkham House Companion. Mercer Island, WA: Starmont House, Inc.. pp. 73. ISBN 1-55742-005-X.
- Chalker, Jack L.; Mark Owings (1998). The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History, 1923-1998. Westminster, MD and Baltimore: Mirage Press, Ltd.. pp. 41.
- Joshi, S.T. (1999). Sixty Years of Arkham House: A History and Bibliography. Sauk City, WI: Arkham House. pp. 85. ISBN 0-87054-176-5.
- Nielsen, Leon (2004). Arkham House Books: A Collector's Guide. Jefferson, NC and London: McFarland & Company, Inc.. pp. 91. ISBN 0-7864-1785-4.
Categories:- 1964 short story collections
- Fantasy anthologies
- Horror anthologies
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