The Porcelain Magician
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The Porcelain Magician is a collection of oriental fantasy
short stories written by Frank Owen
. It was first published in hardcover by Gnome Press
in 1948. The stories originally appeared in the magazines Weird Tales
, Mystery Magazine and The Dance Magazine
Fantasy
Fantasy is a genre of fiction that commonly uses magic and other supernatural phenomena as a primary element of plot, theme, or setting. Many works within the genre take place in imaginary worlds where magic is common...
short stories written by Frank Owen
Frank Owen (author)
Frank Owen is a United States author, novelist and anthologist. He wrote 10 novels in the 1930s under the pseudonym Roswell Williams, a name which is sometimes erroneously listed as his real name. Owen is best known for his oriental fantasy short stories, many of which appeared in the magazine...
. It was first published in hardcover by Gnome Press
Gnome Press
Gnome Press was an American small-press publishing company primarily known for publishing many science fiction classics.The company was founded in 1948 by Martin Greenberg and David A. Kyle. Many of Gnome's titles were reprinted in England by Boardman Books...
in 1948. The stories originally appeared in 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....
, Mystery Magazine and The Dance Magazine
Contents
- Foreword, by David A. Kyle
- "The Fan"
- "The Inverted House"
- "The Lantern Maker"
- "The Porcelain Magician"
- "The Purple Sea"
- "The Old Man Who Swept the Sky"
- "Doctor Shen Fu"
- "Pale Pink Porcelain"
- "The Rice Merchant"
- "The Blue City"
- "The Fountain"
- "Monk's Blood"
- "The Golden Hour of Kwoh Fan"
- "The Wind That Tramps the World"