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Voodoo Tales: The Ghost Stories of Henry S. Whitehead

Henry S. Whitehead

First published 2012
Publisher Wordsworth Editions
Format Trade Paperback
Type Omnibus
Cover art Nathan Clair
Pages 691
Price £2.99
ISBN 9781840226904

  • No price listed on or in the book. Price and date of printing from Amazon UK as of 2012-06-19. Although Amazon.com (America) lists the date as 2012-08-08) as of 2012-10-06.
  • No American price, not published in America?
  • Reprints the Whitehead collections West India Nights (p 1-332), Jumbee and Other Voodoo Tales (p 333-478), The Black Beast and Other Voodoo Tales (p 479-630) plus six bonus uncollected stories (p 631-691).
  • Any stories that interlapped these collections are reprinted only once here.
  • Tales of Mystery & the Supernatural series edited by David Stuart Davies and he is probably the editor of this book.
  • Cover design: Robert Mathias.
  • The Gerald Canevin stories are scattered throughout this volume, and are not separated into a separate section.
  • The collaborative "The Trap" is published as by Henry S. Whitehead instead of by Whitehead and H. P. Lovecraft.
  • "The Door" is Whitehead's first published story.

Year Reviewer Publication
2014 Alex Friedman Jamais Vu, Summer/Autumn 2014

Page Title Author(s) Type
3 Black Terror Henry S. Whitehead Short Story
15 West India Lights Henry S. Whitehead Novelette
35 "Williamson" Henry S. Whitehead Short Story
51 The Shut Room Henry S. Whitehead Novelette
73 The Left Eye Henry S. Whitehead Short Story
91 Tea Leaves Henry S. Whitehead Short Story
105 The Trap Henry S. Whitehead Novelette
125 The Napier Limousine Henry S. Whitehead Novelette
141 The Ravel Pavane Henry S. Whitehead Short Story
153 Sea Change Henry S. Whitehead Short Story
171 The People of Pan Henry S. Whitehead Novelette
193 The Chadbourne Episode Henry S. Whitehead Short Story
207 Scar-Tissue Henry S. Whitehead Short Story
227 "—In Case of Disaster Only" Henry S. Whitehead Short Story
237 Bothon Henry S. Whitehead Novelette
269 The Great Circle Henry S. Whitehead Novella
327 Obi in the Caribbean Henry S. Whitehead Essay
335 Jumbee Henry S. Whitehead Short Story
345 Cassius Henry S. Whitehead Novelette
377 Black Tancrède Henry S. Whitehead Novelette
393 The Shadows Henry S. Whitehead Novelette
413 Sweet Grass Henry S. Whitehead Short Story
429 The Tree-Man Henry S. Whitehead Short Story
445 Passing of a God Henry S. Whitehead Short Story
463 Hill Drums Henry S. Whitehead Short Story
481 The Black Beast Henry S. Whitehead Novelette
515 Seven Turns in a Hangman's Rope Henry S. Whitehead Novella
565 Mrs. Lorriquer Henry S. Whitehead Novelette
595 The Projection of Armand Dubois Henry S. Whitehead Short Story
607 The Lips Henry S. Whitehead Short Story
619 The Fireplace Henry S. Whitehead Short Story
633 The Moon Dial Henry S. Whitehead Novelette
653 No Eye-Witnesses Henry S. Whitehead Short Story
661 Across the Gulf Henry S. Whitehead Short Story
671 The Tabernacle Henry S. Whitehead Short Story
677 The Door Henry S. Whitehead Short Story
683 Sea-Tiger Henry S. Whitehead Short Story
vii Introduction (Voodoo Tales: The Ghost Stories of Henry S. Whitehead) David Stuart Davies Essay