Half in Shadow
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| Author | Mary Elizabeth Counselman |
|---|---|
| Illustrator | frontispiece by Tim Kirk |
| Cover artist | Tim Kirk |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Fantasy, Horror short stories |
| Publisher | Arkham House |
Publication date | 1978 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (hardback) |
| Pages | ix, 212 pp |
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| OCLC | 4166637 |
| 813/.5/4 | |
| LC Class | PZ4.C862 Hal PS3553.O85 |
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Half in Shadow is a collection of stories by author Mary Elizabeth Counselman. Most of the stories had macabre or horror themes, and appeared previously in the magazine Weird Tales from the late 1930s through the 1950s. It includes the story "The Three Marked Pennies" one of the most popular in the magazine's history based on reader response.[1]
The book had first been published as a fourteen story collection (six stories not in the later Arkham House edition) as a Consul paperback by World Distributors, UK, in 1964. It was released in 1978 by Arkham House with fourteen stories (six not in the earlier UK edition) and was the author's first hardcover book. It was published in an edition of 4,288 copies. The jacket and frontispiece are by Tim Kirk. There has also been a reprint - London: William Kimber, 1980.
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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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Reid, Robin Anne (2009). Women in Science Fiction and Fantasy. Vol. 1. ABC-CLIO. p. 47. ISBN 9780313335914.
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Jaffery, Sheldon (1989). The Arkham House Companion. Mercer Island, WA: Starmont House, Inc. p. 120. ISBN 1-55742-005-X.
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Chalker, Jack L.; Mark Owings (1998). The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History, 1923-1998. Westminster, MD and Baltimore: Mirage Press, Ltd. p. 53.
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Joshi, S.T. (1999). Sixty Years of Arkham House: A History and Bibliography. Sauk City, WI: Arkham House. pp. 143–144. ISBN 0-87054-176-5.
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Nielsen, Leon (2004). Arkham House Books: A Collector's Guide. Jefferson, NC and London: McFarland & Company, Inc. pp. 124–125. ISBN 0-7864-1785-4.
