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Something Near is a collection of fantasy and horror
Horror fiction
Horror fiction also Horror fantasy is a philosophy of literature, which is intended to, or has the capacity to frighten its readers, inducing feelings of horror and terror. It creates an eerie atmosphere. Horror can be either supernatural or non-supernatural...

 short stories
Short Stories
Short Stories may refer to:*A plural for Short story*Short Stories , an American pulp magazine published from 1890-1959*Short Stories, a 1954 collection by O. E...

 by author August Derleth
August Derleth
August William Derleth was an American writer and anthologist. Though best remembered as the first publisher of the writings of H. P...

. It was released in 1945 and was the author's second book 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...

. 2,054 copies were printed.

Most of the stories had appeared earlier in the magazine 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....

.

Contents

Something Near contains the following tales:
  1. "A Thin Gentleman with Gloves"
  2. "Mr. Ames' Devil"
  3. "A Wig for Miss Devore"
  4. "Mrs. Corter Makes Up Her Mind"
  5. "Pacific 421"
  6. "Headlines for Tod Shayne"
  7. "No Light for Uncle Henry"
  8. "Lansing's Luxury"
  9. "Carousel"
  10. "Lady Macbeth of Pimley Square"
  11. "Here, Daemos!"
  12. "McElwin's Glass"
  13. "An Elegy for Mr. Danielson"
  14. "The Satin Mask"
  15. "Motive"
  16. "The Metronome"
  17. "The Inverness Cape"
  18. "The Thing That Walked on the Wind"
  19. "Ithaqua"
  20. "Beyond the Threshold"
  21. "The Dweller in Darkness"
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