The Eerie Mr. Murphy is a collection of science fiction

Science fiction

Science fiction is a genre of fiction dealing with imaginary but more or less plausible content such as future settings, futuristic science and technology, space travel, aliens, and paranormal abilities...

, 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...

 stories by author Howard Wandrei

Howard Wandrei

Howard Elmer Wandrei was a US artist and writer. He wrote over 200 stories that appeared in the magazines Weird Tales. Astounding, Esquire, Black Mask and others. He wrote under his own name and as by Robert Coley and H.W...

. It was released in 2003

2003 in literature

The year 2003 in literature involved some significant events and new books.-New books:*Peter Ackroyd - The Clerkenwell Tales*Atsuko Asano - No...

 by Fedogan & Bremer

Fedogan & Bremer

Fedogan & Bremer is a weird fiction specialty publishing house founded in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1985 by Philip Rahman and Dennis Weiler. The name comes from the nicknames of the two founders when they were in college....

 in an edition of 1,100 copies of which 100 were signed by the editor, D. H. Olson and released in a slipcase with a chapbook

Chapbook

A chapbook is a pocket-sized booklet. The term chap-book was formalized by bibliophiles of the 19th century, as a variety of ephemera , popular or folk literature. It includes many kinds of printed material such as pamphlets, political and religious tracts, nursery rhymes, poetry, folk tales,...

 of correspondence and diary entries. Many of the stories originally appeared in the magazines Esquire

Esquire (magazine)

Esquire is a men's magazine, published in the U.S. by the Hearst Corporation. Founded in 1932, it flourished during the Great Depression under the guidance of founder and editor Arnold Gingrich.-History:...

, 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....

, Astounding Stories, Spicy Mystery Stories, Speed Mystery, Unknown

Unknown (magazine)

Unknown was an American pulp fantasy fiction magazine, published from 1939 to 1943 by Street & Smith, and edited by John W. Campbell. Unknown was a companion to Street & Smith's science fiction pulp, Astounding Science Fiction, which was also edited by Campbell at the time; many authors and...

, Astounding Stories and The Minnesota Quarterly. The book also includes a collection of Wandrei's drawings.

Contents

• Preface, by D. H. Olson
• PART ONE
  • "Published Fiction", by D. H. Olson
  • "The Eerie Mr. Murphy"
  • "Vine Terror"
  • "Time Haven"
  • "The Molester"
  • "The Persuader"
  • "Old Hokey"
  • "Danger: Quicksand"
  • "The Eyes of the Tiger"
  • "For Murderers Only"
  • "Guns of Maiden Hill"
  • "The African Trick"
  • "In the Dark"
  • "The Mind Marauder"
  • "The Road West"
• PART TWO
  • "Juvenalia & Unpublished Fiction", by D. H. Olson
  • "The Pen"
  • "Effluvia"
  • "Trap of Atlas"
  • "A Shape in the Sky"
  • "The Mind Marauder"
  • "The Step Between"
  • "What Happened to Rudolf"
  • "Hounds in Scarlet"
  • "The Valley of Doubt"
  • "Diamondback"
  • "The Great Imitator"
  • "The Shadow"
  • "Just Lean Back"
  • "Measure of Infinity"
  • "The Sleeper"
• PART THREE
  • Art Gallery