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Lonesome Places is a collection of fantasy and horror

Horror fiction

Horror fiction also Horror fantasy is a philosophy of literature, which is intended to, or has the capacity to frighten its readers, inducing feelings of horror and terror. It creates an eerie atmosphere. Horror can be either supernatural or non-supernatural...

short stories

Short Stories

Short Stories may refer to:*A plural for Short story*Short Stories , an American pulp magazine published from 1890-1959*Short Stories, a 1954 collection by O. E...

by American author August Derleth

August Derleth

August William Derleth was an American writer and anthologist. Though best remembered as the first publisher of the writings of H. P...

. It was released in 1962

1962 in literature

The year 1962 in literature involved some significant events and new books.-Events:*January 7 - In an article in the New York Times Book Review, Gore Vidal calls Evelyn Waugh "our time's first satirist."...

by Arkham House

Arkham House

Arkham House is a publishing house specializing in weird fiction founded in Sauk City, Wisconsin in 1939 by August Derleth and Donald Wandrei to preserve in hardcover the best fiction of H.P. Lovecraft. The company's name is derived from Lovecraft's fictional New England city, Arkham. Arkham House...

in an edition of 2,201 copies and was Derleth's fifth collection of weird tales. The collection contains the stories that Derleth believed to be his best of the preceding 15 years.

Lonesome Places contains the following tales:

"The Lonesome Place
The Lonesome Place
The Lonesome Place is a short story written by famed Science Fiction writer August Derleth. The story is part of a compilation of short stories in the book Lonesome Places...

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"Pikeman"
"Kingsridge 214"
"The Ebony Stick"
"'Sexton, Sexton, in the Wall'"
"The Closing Door"
"A Room in a House"
"Potts' Triumph"
"Twilight Play"
"The Disc Recorder"
"Hector"
"'Who Shall I Say is Calling?'"
"The Extra Child"
"The Place in the Woods"
"Hallowe'en for Mr. Faulkner"
"House—With Ghost"
"The Slayers and the Slain"
"The Dark Boy"

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