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Stories of Darkness and Dread is a collection of stories by author Joseph Payne Brennan

Joseph Payne Brennan

Joseph Payne Brennan was an American writer of fantasy and horror fiction, and also a poet. He lived most of his life in New Haven, Connecticut, and worked at the Yale Library for over 40 years....

. It was released in 1973

1973 in literature

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and was the author's second collection of stories 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...

. It was published in an edition of 4,138 copies. Most of the stories had originally appeared in Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine
Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine
Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine is a monthly digest size fiction magazine specializing in crime and detective fiction. AHMM is named for Alfred Hitchcock, the famed director of suspense films and television.-History:...

, Macabre and other magazines.

Stories of Darkness and Dread contains the following tales:

"City of the Seven Winds"
"The Keeper of the Dust"
"Zombique"
"The Seventh Incantation"
"Delivery on Erdmore Street"
"The Way to the Attic"
"Mr. Octbur"
"Episode on Cain Street"
"Killer Cat"
"In the Very Stones"
"The House at 1248"
"Black Thing at Midnight"
"Monton"
"Apprehension"
"The House on Hazel Street"
"The Man in Grey Tweeds"
"The North Knoll"
"The Dump"

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