''Lonesome Places'' is a collection of
fantasy
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and
horror
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Arts, entertainment, and media
Genres
*Horror fiction, a genre of fiction
** Japanese horror, Japanese horror fiction
**Korean horror, Korean horror fiction
* Horror film, a film genre
*Horror comics, comic books focusing o ...
short stories by American author
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
1962
Events January
* January 1 – Western Samoa becomes independent from New Zealand.
* January 3 – Pope John XXIII excommunicates Fidel Castro for preaching communism.
* January 8 – Harmelen train disaster: 93 die in the wors ...
by
Arkham House in an edition of 2,201 copies and was Derleth's fifth collection of weird tales. The collection contains the stories that Derleth believed to be his best of the preceding 15 years.
Contents
''Lonesome Places'' contains the following tales:
* "
The Lonesome Place
"The Lonesome Place" is a short story by American writer August Derleth. The story is part of a compilation of short stories in the book '' Lonesome Places''. Published in 1962, by Arkham House Publishing, "The Lonesome Place" tells the story of ...
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* "Pikeman"
* "Kingsridge 214"
* "The Ebony Stick"
* "'Sexton, Sexton, in the Wall'"
* "The Closing Door"
* "A Room in a House"
* "Potts' Triumph"
* "Twilight Play"
* "The Disc Recorder"
* "Hector"
* "'Who Shall I Say is Calling?'"
* "The Extra Child"
* "The Place in the Woods"
* "Hallowe'en for Mr. Faulkner"
* "House—With Ghost"
* "The Slayers and the Slain"
* "The Dark Boy"
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{{Works of August Derleth
1962 short story collections
Fantasy short story collections
Horror short story collections