''Prince Zaleski and Cummings King Monk'' is a collection of
supernatural
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detective
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short stories by the author
M. P. Shiel
Matthew Phipps Shiell (21 July 1865 – 17 February 1947), known as M. P. Shiel, was a British writer. His legal surname remained "Shiell" though he adopted the shorter version as a ''de facto'' pen name.
He is remembered mainly for supernatura ...
. It was released in
1977
Events January
* January 8 – Three bombs explode in Moscow within 37 minutes, killing seven. The bombings are attributed to an Armenian separatist group.
* January 10 – Mount Nyiragongo erupts in eastern Zaire (now the Democratic R ...
by
Mycroft & Moran in an edition of 4036 copies. The first three Prince Zaleski stories had appeared in Shiel's first published work, ''Prince Zaleski'' (London: John Lane; Boston:
Roberts Brothers, 1895). The fourth was first published in
Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine for January, 1955. The Cummings King Monk stories were drawn from ''The Pale Ape and Other Pulses'' (1911).
Contents
''Prince Zaleski and Cummings King Monk'' contains the following tales:
# Prince Zaleski
#* "The Race of Orven"
#* "The Stone of the Edmundsbury Monks"
#* "The S.S."
#* "The Return of Prince Zaleski"
# Cummings King Monk
#* "He Meddles With Women"
#* "He Defines 'Greatness of Mind'"
#* "He Wakes an Echo"
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External links
* (1895 edition)
1977 short story collections
Mystery short story collections
Horror short story collections
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