''The Chronicles of Lucius Leffing'' is a collection of
supernatural
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,
detective
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short stories by
Joseph Payne Brennan. It was first published 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
Donald M. Grant, Publisher, Inc. in an edition of 1,540 copies. The stories feature Brennan's supernatural detective, Lucius Leffing. Many of the stories originally appeared in ''
Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine''.
Contents
* Foreword, by
Frank Belknap Long
* "The Case of the Hertzell Inheritance"
* "The Case of the Mystified Vendor"
* "The Apple Orchard Murder Case"
* "Mem'ries"
* "The Murder of Mr. Matthews"
* "The Possible Suspects"
* "The Dead of Winter Apparition"
* "The Nightmare Face"
References
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1977 short story collections
Mystery short story collections
Horror short story collections
Donald M. Grant, Publisher books
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