Watchers at the Strait Gate
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Watchers at the Strait Gate is a collection of stories by author Russell Kirk
. It was released in 1984
and was the author's second book published by Arkham House
, and Kirk's third collection of supernatural stories. It was published in an edition of 3,459 copies.
Russell Kirk
Russell Kirk was an American political theorist, moralist, historian, social critic, literary critic, and fiction author known for his influence on 20th century American conservatism. His 1953 book, The Conservative Mind, gave shape to the amorphous post–World War II conservative movement...
. It was released in 1984
1984 in literature
The year 1984 in literature involved some significant events and new books.-Events:*The book Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell is widely read....
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...
, and Kirk's third collection of supernatural stories. It was published in an edition of 3,459 copies.
Contents
Watchers at the Strait Gate contains the following tales:- "A Cautionary Note on the Ghostly Tale"
- "The Invasion of the Church of the Holy Ghost"
- "The Surly Sullen Bell"
- "The Peculiar Demesne of Archvicar Gerontion"
- "Uncle Isaiah"
- "The Reflex-Man in Whinnymuir Close"
- "What Shadows We Pursue"
- "Lex Talionis"
- "Fate's Purse"
- "An Encounter by Mortstone Pond"
- "Watchers at the Strait Gate"