The Adventures of Lucius Leffing is a collection of supernatural

Supernatural fiction

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, detective

Detective fiction

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 short stories

Short Stories

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 by 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 first published in 1990

1990 in literature

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 by Donald M. Grant, Publisher, Inc. in an edition of 1,000 copies, all of which were signed by the author and the artist. The stories feature Brennan's supernatural detective, Lucius Leffing. All but four of the stories first appeared in this collection. The others were taken from the magazines 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....

and Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine or from the anthology Night Visions 2, edited by Charles L. Grant

Charles L. Grant

Charles Lewis Grant was a novelist and short story writer specializing in what he called "dark fantasy" and "quiet horror." He also wrote under the pseudonyms of Geoffrey Marsh, Lionel Fenn, Simon Lake, Felicia Andrews, and Deborah Lewis.Grant won a World Fantasy Award for his novella collection...

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Contents

• "The Nursing Home Horror"
• "The Vanning Case"
• "The Swamp Horror"
• "Death on 91"
• "Copycat Killer"
• "Murder in the Parks"
• "The Butcher Knife Murder"
• "Motive for Murder"
• "Wanderson’s Waste"
• "The Haunting at Juniper Hill"
• "The Delivery"
• "The Spruce Valley Monster"
• "Observations on Lorimer Street"