Invaders from the Dark
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Invaders from the Dark is a horror novel by author Greye La Spina
. It was published by Arkham House
in 1960
in an edition of 1,559 copies. It was La Spina's first and only hardcover
book.
The novel was originally serialized in Weird Tales
magazine. It appeared in the April, May and June, 1925 issues.
, New York
in the mid-1920s and deals with the widow of an Occultist, Portia Differdale, and Princess Tchernova, a wealthy and beautiful Russian werewolf
. Both women desire the same man, Owen Edwardes.
Greye La Spina
Greye La Spina was an American writer who published over one hundred short stories, serials, novelettes, one-act plays and short stories....
. It was published by Arkham House
Arkham House
Arkham House is a publishing house specializing in weird fiction founded in Sauk City, Wisconsin in 1939 by August Derleth and Donald Wandrei to preserve in hardcover the best fiction of H.P. Lovecraft. The company's name is derived from Lovecraft's fictional New England city, Arkham. Arkham House...
in 1960
1960 in literature
The year 1960 in literature involved some significant events and new books.-Events:*November 2 – Penguin Books is found not guilty of obscenity in the Lady Chatterley's Lover case in the United Kingdom....
in an edition of 1,559 copies. It was La Spina's first and only hardcover
Hardcover
A hardcover, hardback or hardbound is a book bound with rigid protective covers...
book.
The novel was originally serialized in Weird Tales
Weird Tales
Weird Tales is an American fantasy and horror fiction pulp magazine first published in March 1923. It ceased its original run in September 1954, after 279 issues, but has since been revived. The magazine was set up in Chicago by J. C. Henneberger, an ex-journalist with a taste for the macabre....
magazine. It appeared in the April, May and June, 1925 issues.
Plot summary
The story is set in BrooklynBrooklyn
Brooklyn is the most populous of New York City's five boroughs, with nearly 2.6 million residents, and the second-largest in area. Since 1896, Brooklyn has had the same boundaries as Kings County, which is now the most populous county in New York State and the second-most densely populated...
, New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
in the mid-1920s and deals with the widow of an Occultist, Portia Differdale, and Princess Tchernova, a wealthy and beautiful Russian werewolf
Werewolf
A werewolf, also known as a lycanthrope , is a mythological or folkloric human with the ability to shapeshift into a wolf or an anthropomorphic wolf-like creature, either purposely or after being placed under a curse...
. Both women desire the same man, Owen Edwardes.