Kecksies and Other Twilight Tales

Kecksies and Other Twilight Tales

Infobox Book
name = Kecksies and Other Twilight Tales
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image_caption = Dust-jacket illustration by Stephen E. Fabian for "Kecksies and Other Twilight Tales"
author = Marjorie Bowen
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cover_artist = Stephen E. Fabian
country = United States
language = English
series =
genre = Horror, Fantasy short stories
publisher = Arkham House
release_date = 1976
english_release_date =
media_type = Print (Hardback)
pages = xiii, 207 pp
isbn = ISBN 0-87054-077-7
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"Kecksies and Other Twilight Tales" is a collection of stories by author Marjorie Bowen. It was released in 1976 and was the author's first collection of stories published in the U.S.. It was published by Arkham House in an edition of 4,391 copies.

Contents

"Kecksies and Other Twilight Tales" contains the following stories:

# "Preface"
# "The Hidden Ape"
# "Kecksies"
# "Raw Material"
# "The Avenging of Ann Leete"
# "The Crown Derby Plate"
# "The Sign-Painter and the Crystal Fishes"
# "Scoured Silk"
# "The Breakdown"
# "One Remained Behind"
# "The House by the Poppy Field"
# "Florence Flannery"
# "Half-Past Two"

References

*cite book | last=Jaffery | first=Sheldon | authorlink=Sheldon Jaffery | title=The Arkham House Companion | location=Mercer Island, WA | publisher=Starmont House, Inc.| pages=117 | 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=52 | 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=141 | 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=123 | date=2004 | id=ISBN 0-7864-1785-4


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