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Cover of The Lunar Tickle

The Lunar Tickle

Rhys Hughes

First published 2014
Series Thornton Excelsior
Publisher Gloomy Seahorse Press
Format Trade Paperback
Type Collection
Cover art Rhys Hughes
Pages 194
Price £11.99
ISBN 9781291860801

  • "First Edition (Limited)" stated on the copyright page.
  • One of twenty unique copies in which the name of the stories' protagonist (originally "Thornton Excelsior") has been changed to that of the recipient of the book. See the author's blog.
  • Title page subtitle: "Tales to Make Full Moons Giggle" (over) "Featuring [recipient's name], his friends, enemies and avatars, with the author in a cameo role".
  • The version of "Canute a Little" on page 2 (facing the title page) is untitled and has been revised with the book's recipient as the narrator.
  • This edition contains two stories not included in the trade edition: "The Parable of the Homeless Fable" and "Doom It Heavenwards".

Page Title Author(s) Type
2 Canute a Little Rhys Hughes Short Story
9 An Inconvenient Fruit Rhys Hughes Short Story
11 The Maze Rhys Hughes Short Story
13 Hatstands on Zanzibar Rhys Hughes Short Story
16 The Porcelain Pig Rhys Hughes Short Story
19 Mad March Stylist Rhys Hughes Short Story
22 Tears of the Mutant Jesters Rhys Hughes Short Story
29 The Paradoxical Pachyderms Rhys Hughes Short Story
39 The Integers Rhys Hughes Short Story
47 The Shrug Rhys Hughes Short Story
50 The Longest Name Rhys Hughes Short Story
57 The Esplanade Rhys Hughes Short Story
63 The Rotten Otter Rhys Hughes Short Story
68 The Ducks of Hazard Rhys Hughes Short Story
72 Knight on a Bear Mountain Rhys Hughes Short Story
83 The Cheeky Monkey Rhys Hughes Short Story
86 The Melody Tree Rhys Hughes Short Story
91 The Reversed Comma Rhys Hughes Short Story
92 Black Ops Rhys Hughes Short Story
94 The Burning Ears Rhys Hughes Short Story
98 The Gates of Corn and Toffee Rhys Hughes Short Story
103 Whether the Weatherman Rhys Hughes Short Story
106 Note to Oneself Rhys Hughes Short Story
114 Said the Spook Rhys Hughes Short Story
119 The Notorious Unclemuncher Rhys Hughes Short Story
123 Read All About It Rhys Hughes Short Story
126 Putting Things Off Rhys Hughes Short Story
131 The Parable of the Homeless Fable Rhys Hughes Short Story
138 The Canapés of Wrath Rhys Hughes Short Story
142 The Plug Rhys Hughes Short Story
150 The Queue Rhys Hughes Short Story
156 Fossils Rhys Hughes Short Story
159 The Heat Death of Mr Universe Rhys Hughes Short Story
167 The Infringement Rhys Hughes Short Story
168 The Television Rhys Hughes Short Story
171 The Lock of Love Rhys Hughes Short Story
175 Sheer Lunar Sea Rhys Hughes Short Story
183 My Bearable Smugness Rhys Hughes Short Story
187 Doom It Heavenwards Rhys Hughes Short Story

Title Year Publisher Format Type Catalog ID Cover Artist Pages
The Lunar Tickle Cover 2014 Dog Horn Publishing Trade Paperback Collection Emmet Jackson 142
The Lunar Tickle Cover 2015 Gloomy Seahorse Press eBook Collection Emmet Jackson