During a writing career lasting nearly seven decades, E. Hoffman Price formed lasting friendships with many of the great and near-great fictioneers, editors and artists of his day -- H.P. Lovecraft, Robert E. Howard, Clark Ashton Smith, Otis Adelbert Kline, Farnsworth Wright, W.K. Mashburn, Ralph Milne Farley, Seabury Quinn, Hugh Rankin, Robert Spencer Carr, Barsoom Badigian, Harry Olmstead, Albert Richard Wetjen, Norbert W. Davis, Milo Ray Phelps, William S. Bruner, Henry Kuttner, Jack Williamson, August Derleth and Edmond Hamilton. Through long correspondence and many cross country trips, E. Hoffman Price kept diaries of his visits, which from time to time he transformed into essays recalling the grand old days of the fictioneer's precarious way of life. Several essays were previously published in fanzines and as Arkham House book introductions. In 1977, Price rewrote these and added additional essays to fill a book. This is one of the most fascinating and historically important books about the pulp fiction era.
During a writing career lasting nearly seven decades, E. Hoffman Price formed lasting friendships with many of the great and near-great fictioneers, editors and artists of his day…
The world's foremost Lovecraftian scholar, and editor of several important Arkham anthologies, has dug deep into the Arkham House archives to bring you a definitive bibliography of all the books we have published over the past 60 years. S.T. Joshi presents this important work in an easy-to-read format which allows collectors to quickly find the information they need. Many footnotes, critical commentary, and a brief history of Arkham House round out this fact-filled, 300 page volume.
The world's foremost Lovecraftian scholar, and editor of several important Arkham anthologies, has dug deep into the Arkham House archives to bring you a definitive bibliography…
As Hallowe'en approaches, strange things are happening in the basement of Uncle Henry's funeral parlor, where 10-year-old Bridget Ann (nicknamed "Dragonfly") lives. Uncle Henry summons his friend Mothkin, a hunter, to investigate. Exploring the basement, Mothkin and Dragonfly find the door to a strange underground place they will soon know as Harvest Moon. Here, the evil master Samuel Hain (who takes great pride in having started the black plague) has enslaved the entire population. You'll meet assorted vampires, werewolves, gypsies, Hain's cutthroat henchman, and the ever-present "Jolly Jack," Hain's airborne, pumpkin-shaped battle-cruiser, which leaves death and destruction in its wake. This epic fantasy novel, by a new writer, is one of the most delightful, scariest stories we've read in many years. Dragonfly can be read on several levels -- as pure entertainment, as a classic adventure yarn, as a conflict between good and evil -- by people of all ages.
As Hallowe'en approaches, strange things are happening in the basement of Uncle Henry's funeral parlor, where 10-year-old Bridget Ann (nicknamed "Dragonfly") lives. Uncle Henry…
In 1927, H.P. Lovecraft wrote about Clark Ashton Smith: "In sheer daemonic strangeness and fertility of conception, Mr. Smith is perhaps unexcelled by any other writer dead or living. Who else has seen such gorgeous, luxuriant, and feverishly distorted visions of infinite spheres and multiple dimensions and lived to tell the tale?" If you relish horror or dark fantasy, and you have yet to discover Klarkash-Ton, you have a real treat in store. This beautifully produced Arkham House collection is a bejeweled corridor into the dark worlds of vampire-cursed Averoigne, Zothique of the dying sun, primordial Hyperborea (which, with its black, amorphous god Tsathoggua, is close in spirit to Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos), and others. Smith is a consummate stylist whose evocations of lush exoticism and languid evil led critic Brian Stableford to call him "the poet of American Decadence," and yet his tales are also humorous—in a wry, macabre way. A Rendezvous in Averoigne collects 30 tales, with illustrations by J.K. Potter and an introduction by Ray Bradbury.
In 1927, H.P. Lovecraft wrote about Clark Ashton Smith: "In sheer daemonic strangeness and fertility of conception, Mr. Smith is perhaps unexcelled by any other writer dead or…
Publication of The Birthgrave in 1975 heralded a new and brilliant luminary in the firmament of modem fantasy. Ostensibly a sword-and-sorcery epic in the tradition of Robert E. Howard, this novel about a youthful heroine with incipient psychic powers astounded readers with its striking originality and intense emotional impact. Tanith Lee today is one of the most versatile and respected writers of fantasy, horror, and science fiction, and DREAMS OF DARK AND LIGHT represents a massive midcareer retrospective of her achievements over the previous decade.
Here are unforgettable tales of werewolves that prowl chateaux, an Earthwoman in exile on a distant planet, demons that inhabit bodies of the living dead, a race of vampiric creatures who prey upon a cursed castle, and many other works of exotic vision, mythic science fiction, and contemporary horror. Also included are two stories that have received the World Fantasy Award, "Elle est Trois, (La Mort)" and "The Gorgon," making DREAMS OF DARK AND LIGHT a distinguished one volume library of myth-weaving at its most eloquent and evocative.
Although acclaimed as the "Princess Royal of Heroic Fantasy," Tanith Lee has long since transcended genre conventions to create a body of work of remarkable psychological depth and artistic distinction. In her imaginative sympathy with characters, human or otherwise, Lee remains unexcelled in the portrayal of deeply felt emotions. Her stories explore many of the most significant themes in twentieth-century literature - life and death, coming of age, the nature of good and evil, love in all its manifestations. And she remains, above all, one of the great natural storytellers working in the English language ... Tanith Lee truly has become the Scheherazade of our time.
Publication of The Birthgrave in 1975 heralded a new and brilliant luminary in the firmament of modem fantasy. Ostensibly a sword-and-sorcery epic in the tradition of Robert E.…
For Mary Stevenson Crye, a beautiful young housewife, life had been wonderful -- loving husband, two delightful children, meaningful existence in a small Southern community. Then it all fell apart: with the sudden, unexpected death of her husband, Stevie must struggle to earn a living as a freelance writer. When her typewriter -- the sole economic support for her surviving family -- breaks down, Stevie begins to receive demonic messages through the machine, the prelude to a living nightmare of satanic entities, ghouls from beyond the grave, and the revelation of an unrequited curse over the Crye household. Michael Bishop's two previous Arkham House books have been accorded near-unanimous critical acclaim, and with this eerie new tale of hauntings and horrors the author enhances his reputation as a significant American novelist.
For Mary Stevenson Crye, a beautiful young housewife, life had been wonderful -- loving husband, two delightful children, meaningful existence in a small Southern community. Then…
The Zanzibar Cat is one of those rare, near-perfect single author collections—it isn’t too much the same in any story, but it still has underlying themes and resonances that make the text coherent as a whole. The stories themselves are memorable in many cases not for their plots but for their execution, the fine detail Russ employs to build her worlds, and the emotions the stories can rouse in the reader.
The Zanzibar Cat is one of those rare, near-perfect single author collections—it isn’t too much the same in any story, but it still has underlying themes and resonances that make…
When Thomas Ashley is invited to accompany the archaeological expedition of Sir Harold Gregory, he travels beyond the Great Cataract to enter a realm of endless sand, craggy cliffs, and the Egypt of the ancient pharaohs. Treading through the detritus of this vanished civilization, Ashley and his party uncover a New kingdom sarcophagus containing a mummy that has lain sequestered, undisturbed over the aeons, within a rock-cut tomb. While Ashley is translating the hieroglyphic writings that attend this discovery, a scandal erupts over the mummy, involving both a hideous mutilation and the threat of a Pharaonic curse. More ominously, the expedition is visited by a mysterious intruder, Lucian Mallory...
As extraordinary a novel as Arkham House has ever published, The Third Grave was conceived by one of the few living fantasists capable of fulfilling the literary requirements of the genre. David Case's first book, published twelve years ago, created a sensation among cognoscenti of the macabre, and this new novel reaffirms his stature as one of the great American masters of horror.
When Thomas Ashley is invited to accompany the archaeological expedition of Sir Harold Gregory, he travels beyond the Great Cataract to enter a realm of endless sand, craggy…
Sorworth Place
Behind the stumps
The princess of all lands
The last god's dream
The cellar of little Egypt
Ex tenebris
Balgrummo's hell
There's a long, long trail a-winding
Saviourgate
Sorworth Place
Behind the stumps
The princess of all lands
The last god's dream
The cellar of little Egypt
Ex tenebris
Balgrummo's hell
There's a long, long trail a-winding…
And Afterward, the Dark is a collection of stories by author Basil Copper. It was released in 1977 and was the author's second collection of stories published by Arkham House.
Ramsey Campbell's third short story collection.
FROM THE STAR BOOKS EDITION:
"A fracture in the smooth surface of everyday life lets loose the liquid rush of pure terror that clutches your heart into spasm, and casts you out into the limited darkness of your own fears. You are reaching THE HEIGHT OF THE SCREAM."
Ramsey Campbell's third short story collection.
FROM THE STAR BOOKS EDITION:
"A fracture in the smooth surface of everyday life lets loose the liquid rush of pure terror that…
Gary Myers fell under the shadow of Lovecraft at the tender age of sixteen and never completely escaped it. His first Cthulhu Mythos story was purchased by August Derleth in 1969. His first collection was published by Derleth's Arkham House in 1975. His books include The House of the Worm, a cycle of dream fantasies in the manner of Lovecraft and Lord Dunsany; Dark Wisdom, a cycle of Lovecraftian horrors in a more modern vein; and Gray Magic, a novel-length episode of Eibon of Mhu Thulan. Gary lives in California with his wife Jennifer, their cat Mocha and a large collection of fantasy books and movies.
Gary Myers fell under the shadow of Lovecraft at the tender age of sixteen and never completely escaped it. His first Cthulhu Mythos story was purchased by August Derleth in 1969.…
This collection published by Arkham House had brought Basil Copper out from the confines of Van Thal's Pan Book of Horror series, and had allowed readers across the world the opportunity to understand and appreciate the story-telling ability of this writer.
This collection published by Arkham House had brought Basil Copper out from the confines of Van Thal's Pan Book of Horror series, and had allowed readers across the world the…
