Fearful Pleasures
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 Dust-jacket illustration by Ronald Clyne for Fearful Pleasures by A. E. Coppard |
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| Author | A. E. Coppard |
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| Cover artist | Ronald Clyne |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | fantasy, horror short stories |
| Publisher | Arkham House |
| Released | 1946 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback) |
| Pages | xiii, 301 pp |
Fearful Pleasures is a collection of fantasy and horror short stories by author A. E. Coppard. It was released in 1946 and was the first collection of the author's stories to be published by Arkham House. It was published in an edition of 4,033 copies.
[edit] Contents
Fearful Pleasures contains the following tales:
- "Foreword"
- "Adam and Eve and Pinch Me"
- "Clorinda Walks in Heaven"
- "The Elixir of Youth"
- "Simple Simon"
- "Old Martin"
- "The Bogie Man"
- "Polly Morgan"
- "The Gollan"
- "The Post Office and the Serpent"
- "Crotty"
- "Shinkwin"
- "Ahoy, Sailor Boy!"
- "Gone Away"
- "Rocky and the Bailiff"
- "Ale Celestial"
- "The Fair Young Willowy Tree"
- "Father Raven"
- "The Drum"
- "Cheese"
- "The Homeless One"
- "The Kisstruck Bogie"
- "The Tiger"
- "The Gruesome Pit"
[edit] References
- Jaffery, Sheldon (1989). The Arkham House Companion. Mercer Island, WA: Starmont House, Inc., 19. 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., 29.
- Joshi, S.T. (1999). Sixty Years of Arkham House: A History and Bibliography. Sauk City, WI: Arkham House, 36-37. ISBN 0-87054-176-5.
- Nielsen, Leon (2004). Arkham House Books: A Collector's Guide. Jefferson, NC and London: McFarland & Company, Inc., 59. ISBN 0-7864-1785-4.
