Invaders from the Dark
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 Dust-jacket illustration by Gary Gore for Invaders from the Dark |
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| Author | Greye La Spina |
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| Cover artist | Gary Gore |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Horror novel |
| Publisher | Arkham House |
| Released | 1960 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback) |
| Pages | 168 pp |
| ISBN | NA |
Invaders from the Dark is a horror novel by author Greye La Spina. It was published by Arkham House in in 1960 in an edition of 1,559 copies. It was La Spina's first and only hardcover book.
The novel was originally serialized in Weird Tales magazine. It appeared in the April, May and June, 1925 issues.
[edit] Plot summary
Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.
The story is set in Brooklyn, New York in the mid-1920s and deals with the widow of an Occultist, Portia Differdale, and Princess Tchernova, a wealthy and beautiful Russian werewolf. Both women desire the same man, Owen Edwardes.
Spoilers end here.
[edit] Reprints
- New York: Paperback Library, 1966 (as Shadow of Evil).
[edit] References
- Jaffery, Sheldon (1989). The Arkham House Companion. Mercer Island, WA: Starmont House, Inc., 54-55. 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., 37.
- Joshi, S.T. (1999). Sixty Years of Arkham House: A History and Bibliography. Sauk City, WI: Arkham House, 69. ISBN 0-87054-176-5.
- Nielsen, Leon (2004). Arkham House Books: A Collector's Guide. Jefferson, NC and London: McFarland & Company, Inc., 80. ISBN 0-7864-1785-4.
