Half in Shadow

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name = Half in Shadow
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image_caption = Dust-jacket illustration by Tim Kirk for "Half in Shadow"
author = Mary Elizabeth Counselman
illustrator = frontispiece by Tim Kirk
cover_artist = Tim Kirk
country = United States
language = English
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genre = Fantasy, Horror short stories
publisher = Arkham House
release_date = 1978
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media_type = Print (Hardback)
pages = ix, 212 pp
isbn = ISBN 0-87054-081-5
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"Half in Shadow" is a collection of stories by author Mary Elizabeth Counselman. It was released in 1978 by Arkham House and was the author's first hardcover book. It was published in an edition of 4,288 copies. Most of the stories had appeared previously in the magazine "Weird Tales".

Contents

"Half in Shadow" contains the following tales:

# "Preface"
# "The Three Marked Pennies"
# "The Unwanted"
# "The Shot-Tower Ghost"
# "Night Court"
# "The Monkey Spoons"
# "The Smiling Face"
# "A Death Crown for Mr. Hapworthy"
# "The Black Stone Statue"
# "Seventh Sister"
# "Parasite Mansion"
# "The Green Window"
# "The Tree's Wife"
# "Twister"
# "A Handful of Silver"

References

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*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=53 | date=1998
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*cite book | last=Nielsen | first=Leon | title=Arkham House Books: A Collector's Guide | location=Jefferson, NC and London | publisher=McFarland & Company, Inc.| pages=124-125 | date=2004 | id=ISBN 0-7864-1785-4