''Dwellers in Darkness'' is a collection of stories by American writer
August Derleth
August William Derleth (February 24, 1909 – July 4, 1971) was an American writer and anthologist. Though best remembered as the first book publisher of the writings of H. P. Lovecraft, and for his own contributions to the Cthulhu Mythos and the ...
. It was released in
1976
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by
Arkham House
Arkham House is an American publishing house specializing in weird fiction. It was founded in Sauk City, Wisconsin, in 1939 by August Derleth and Donald Wandrei to publish hardcover collections of H. P. Lovecraft's best works, which had pr ...
in an edition of 3,926 copies. It was the author's eighth collection of stories published by Arkham House. Two stories from Derleth's Judge Peck series are included in the collection. Also included is "Ghost Lake", the last story completed by Derleth before he died in 1971.
Contents
''Dwellers in Darkness'' contains the following tales:
* "The Ghost Walk"
* "The Ormolu Clock"
* "A Knocking in the Wall"
* "The Lost Path"
* "The Place of Desolation"
* "The Patchwork Quilt"
* "The Island Out of Space"
* "The Night Road"
* "Come to Me"
* "Memoir for Lucas Payne"
* "The Passing of Eric Holm"
* "Man in the Dark"
* "The Song of the Peewee"
* "Open, Sesame!"
* "Ghost Lake"
* "The Element of Chance"
* "Fool Proof"
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{{Works of August Derleth
1976 short story collections
Horror short story collections
Fantasy short story collections
Arkham House books