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The Arbor House Necropolis

Bill Pronzini

First published 1981
Publisher Priam Books / Arbor House
Format Trade Paperback
Type Omnibus
Pages 725
Price $11.50
ISBN 0877953384

This is actually an OMNIBUS of three anthologies: Voodoo! (1980), Mummy! (1980) and an anthology original to this publication: Ghoul! (1981).

  • No statement of edition or date of publication.
  • First printing based on the complete number line: "10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1".
  • Date of publication given here taken from Locus #251 (December 1981). The date code "10-81" printed on the back cover may indicate the actual publication date.
  • Cover art is not credited, and there is no visible signature.
  • LCCN 81-66969 stated on the copyright page.
  • An omnibus reprinting two previously published anthologies Voodoo! (1980) [pages 17-280] and Mummy (1980) [pages 281-508], plus an original anthology Ghoul!: A Chrestomathy of Ogrery [pages 509-716]. Each have their own introduction.

Page Title Author(s) Type
12 Preface (The Arbor House Necropolis) Bill Pronzini Essay
19 Introduction (Voodoo!) Bill Pronzini Essay
33 Papa Benjamin Cornell Woolrich Novelette
77 "... Dead Men Working in the Cane Fields" W. B. Seabrook Short Story
89 Mother of Serpents Robert Bloch Short Story
101 The Digging at Pistol Key Carl Jacobi Short Story
118 Seven Turns in a Hangman's Rope Henry S. Whitehead Novella
179 The Isle of Voices Robert Louis Stevenson Novelette
201 Powers of Darkness John Russell Short Story
216 Exú Edward D. Hoch Short Story
223 Seventh Sister Mary Elizabeth Counselman Short Story
244 The Devil Doll Bryce Walton Short Story
254 Kundu (excerpt) Morris West Short Story
271 The Candidate Henry Slesar Short Story
283 Introduction (Mummy!) Bill Pronzini Essay
301 Lot No. 249 Arthur Conan Doyle Novelette
337 Some Words with a Mummy Edgar Allan Poe Short Story
356 Monkeys E. F. Benson Short Story
374 Bones Donald A. Wollheim Short Story
382 The Vengeance of Nitocris Tennessee Williams Short Story
397 The Mummy's Foot Théophile Gautier Short Story
410 The Eyes of the Mummy Robert Bloch Short Story
429 Charlie Talmage Powell Short Story
447 The Weekend Magus Edward D. Hoch Short Story
459 The Princess Joe R. Lansdale Short Story
474 The Eagle-Claw Rattle Ardath Mayhar Short Story
482 The Other Room Charles L. Grant Novelette
503 Revelation in Seven Stages Barry N. Malzberg Short Story
511 Introduction (Ghoul!) Bill Pronzini Essay
523 The Edinburgh Landlady Aubrey Davidson Poem
525 The Body-Snatchers Robert Louis Stevenson Short Story
546 The Loved Dead C. M. Eddy, Jr. Short Story
559 Indigestion Barry N. Malzberg Short Story
569 The Chadbourne Episode Henry S. Whitehead Short Story
586 Disturb Not My Slumbering Fair Chelsea Quinn Yarbro Short Story
600 Quietly Now Charles L. Grant Novelette
629 The Ghoul Sir Hugh Clifford Short Story
644 The Spherical Ghoul Fredric Brown Novelette
671 Corpus Delectable L. Sprague de Camp & Fletcher Pratt Short Story
681 Memento Mori Bill Pronzini Short Story
689 The White Rabbit Joe R. Lansdale Short Story
702 Gray Matter Stephen King Short Story
717 Bibliography (The Arbor House Necropolis) Bill Pronzini Essay