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Dark of the Moon

August Derleth

First published 1947
Publisher Arkham House
Format Hardcover
Type Anthology
Cover art Frank Utpatel
Pages xvi+418
Price $3.00

No statement of printing or edition. The colophon states that 2500 copies were printed. The actual number is 2634 copies per S.T. Joshi's Sixty Years of Arkham House.

Year Reviewer Publication
1999 S. T. Joshi Weird Tales, Summer 1998-Summer 1999

Page Title Author(s) Type
3 A Lyke-Wake Dirge Anonymous Poem
3 The Twa Corbies Anonymous Poem
5 William and Marjorie Anonymous Poem
7 The Wee Wee Man Anonymous Poem
8 The Wife of Usher's Well Anonymous Poem
10 Fair Eleanor William Blake Poem
13 Address to the Deil Robert Burns Poem
18 Tam O'Shanter: A Tale Robert Burns Poem
26 Death and Dr. Hornbook: A True Story Robert Burns Poem
33 Kilmeny James Hogg Poem
41 The Eve of St. John Sir Walter Scott Poem
49 Kubla Khan Samuel Taylor Coleridge Poem
50 Phantom Samuel Taylor Coleridge Poem
51 The Lake of the Dismal Swamp Thomas Moore Poem
52 The Hand of Glory Thomas Ingolsby Poem
60 The Erl King Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Poem
61 La Belle Dame Sans Merci John Keats Poem
63 The Haunted House Thomas Hood Poem
76 The Dream of Eugene Aram Thomas Hood Poem
83 Pompey's Ghost Thomas Hood Poem
87 The Ghost Thomas Hood Poem
89 The Phantom-Wooer Thomas Lovell Beddoes Poem
90 The Ghosts' Moonshine Thomas Lovell Beddoes Poem
91 The Phantom Ship Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Poem
93 The Legend of Rabbi Ben Levi Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Poem
95 The Ghosts Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Poem
102 The Raven Edgar Allan Poe Poem
106 Dream-Land Edgar Allan Poe Poem
108 Ulalume Edgar Allan Poe Poem
111 Rizpah Alfred, Lord Tennyson Poem
114 A Lowland Witch Ballad William Bell Scott Poem
116 The Legend of the Glaive J. Sheridan Le Fanu Poem
129 The Weird Lady Charles Kingsley Poem
130 The Sands of Dee Charles Kingsley Poem
131 Keith of Ravelston Sydney Thompson Dobell Poem
133 The Witch Bride William Allingham Poem
134 The Fairies William Allingham Poem
136 The Flying Dutchman Charles Godfrey Leland Poem
136 The Lost Steamship Fitz-James O'Brien Poem
139 The Three Gannets Fitz-James O'Brien Poem
140 The Demon of the Gibbet Fitz-James O'Brien Poem
141 Sister Helen Dante Gabriel Rossetti Poem
151 Goblin Market Christina Rossetti Poem
168 The Ghost's Petition Christina Rossetti Poem
171 The City of Dreadful Night James Thomson (1834-1882) Poem
210 The Wind William Morris Poem
214 The Highwayman's Ghost Richard Garnett Poem
215 The Ballad of Judas Iscariot Robert Buchanan Poem
222 The Song of the Ghost A. P. Graves Poem
223 A Glimpse of Pan James Whitcomb Riley Poem
224 The Witch of Erkmurden James Whitcomb Riley Poem
226 A Windy Night Lizette Woodworth Reese Poem
227 Roads Lizette Woodworth Reese Poem
228 An April Ghost Lizette Woodworth Reese Poem
228 Bitters Lizette Woodworth Reese Poem
229 The True Lover A. E. Housman Poem
230 Lazarus José Asunción Silva Poem
231 All-Souls' Night Dora Sigerson Shorter Poem
232 The Fair Little Maiden Dora Sigerson Shorter Poem
233 The Fetch Dora Sigerson Shorter Poem
237 The Fairy Thorn-Tree Dora Sigerson Shorter Poem
241 Luke Havergal Edwin Arlington Robinson Poem
242 The Superstitious Ghost Arthur Guiterman Poem
244 The Listeners Walter de la Mare Poem
245 The Little Green Orchard Walter de la Mare Poem
246 The Ghost Walter de la Mare Poem
247 A Dracula of the Hills Amy Lowell Poem
259 The Paper in the Gate-Legged Table Amy Lowell Poem
268 Haunted Amy Lowell Poem
269 The Witch of Coös Robert Frost Poem
274 The Little Dead Child Josephine Daskam Bacon Poem
276 Dave Lilly Joyce Kilmer Poem
277 The Sorceress of the Moon William Rose Benét Poem
279 221B Vincent Starrett Poem
279 Changeling Vincent Starrett Poem
280 Legend Vincent Starrett Poem
280 Visitation Vincent Starrett Poem
281 Gooseflesh Vincent Starrett Poem
282 Extraordinary Visit Vincent Starrett Poem
283 Sea Story Vincent Starrett Poem
285 Lonesome Water Roy Helton Poem
287 Old Christmas Roy Helton Poem
289 Psychopompos Howard Phillips Lovecraft Poem
299 Pursuit Howard Phillips Lovecraft Poem
299 The Book Howard Phillips Lovecraft Poem
300 Recognition Howard Phillips Lovecraft Poem
300 The Key Howard Phillips Lovecraft Poem
301 Homecoming Howard Phillips Lovecraft Poem
301 The Lamp Howard Phillips Lovecraft Poem
302 The Port Howard Phillips Lovecraft Poem
302 Zaman's Hill Howard Phillips Lovecraft Poem
303 The Courtyard Howard Phillips Lovecraft Poem
303 The Pigeon-Flyers Howard Phillips Lovecraft Poem
304 The Howler Howard Phillips Lovecraft Poem
304 The Well Howard Phillips Lovecraft Poem
305 Hesperia Howard Phillips Lovecraft Poem
305 Star-Winds Howard Phillips Lovecraft Poem
306 Antarktos Howard Phillips Lovecraft Poem
306 The Window Howard Phillips Lovecraft Poem
307 A Memory Howard Phillips Lovecraft Poem
307 The Gardens of Yin Howard Phillips Lovecraft Poem
308 Night-Gaunts Howard Phillips Lovecraft Poem
308 The Bells Howard Phillips Lovecraft Poem
309 Azathoth Howard Phillips Lovecraft Poem
309 Nyarlathotep Howard Phillips Lovecraft Poem
310 Mirage Howard Phillips Lovecraft Poem
310 The Canal Howard Phillips Lovecraft Poem
311 St. Toad's Howard Phillips Lovecraft Poem
311 The Familiars Howard Phillips Lovecraft Poem
312 Expectancy Howard Phillips Lovecraft Poem
312 The Elder Pharos Howard Phillips Lovecraft Poem
313 Background Howard Phillips Lovecraft Poem
313 Nostalgia Howard Phillips Lovecraft Poem
314 Alienation Howard Phillips Lovecraft Poem
314 The Dweller Howard Phillips Lovecraft Poem
315 Harbour Whistles Howard Phillips Lovecraft Poem
315 Recapture Howard Phillips Lovecraft Poem
316 Continuity Howard Phillips Lovecraft Poem
316 Evening Star Howard Phillips Lovecraft Poem
317 The Ancient Track Howard Phillips Lovecraft Poem
317 The Messenger Howard Phillips Lovecraft Poem
319 The Eldritch Dark Clark Ashton Smith Poem
319 The Warning Robert P. Tristram Coffin Poem
320 Warning Clark Ashton Smith Poem
321 The Hashish-Eater Clark Ashton Smith Poem
338 Nightmare Clark Ashton Smith Poem
339 Nyctalops Clark Ashton Smith Poem
339 Outlanders Clark Ashton Smith Poem
341 Shadows Clark Ashton Smith Poem
342 The Envoys Clark Ashton Smith Poem
343 Fantaisie d'Antan Clark Ashton Smith Poem
344 In Thessaly Clark Ashton Smith Poem
345 Resurrection Clark Ashton Smith Poem
346 The Owls Timeus Gaylord Poem
347 The Orchard Ghost Mark Van Doren Poem
348 Werewolf Arthur Inman Poem
349 Metropolitan Nightmare Stephen Vincent Benét Poem
352 Nightmare Number Three Stephen Vincent Benét Poem
354 The Goblin Tower Frank Belknap Long Poem
355 In Mayan Splendor Frank Belknap Long Poem
356 A Knight of La Mancha Frank Belknap Long Poem
356 Sonnet Frank Belknap Long Poem
357 On Reading Arthur Machen Frank Belknap Long Poem
357 The Abominable Snow Men Frank Belknap Long Poem
358 The Horror on Dagoth Wold Frank Belknap Long Poem
359 Just Then the Door Merrill Moore Poem
360 Forgetful Hour Yetza Gillespie Poem
361 The Specter's Tale Yetza Gillespie Poem
363 The Haunted Stairs Yetza Gillespie Poem
363 The Snake Francis Flagg Poem
364 The Dreamer in the Desert Francis Flagg Poem
367 Forest God Dorothy Quick Poem
367 Strange Dorothy Quick Poem
368 The Wolves of Egremont Dorothy Quick Poem
368 Tree Woman Dorothy Quick Poem
369 The Harp of Alfred Robert Ervin Howard Poem
370 Futility Robert Ervin Howard Poem
370 The Singer in the Mist Robert Ervin Howard Poem
371 Arkham Robert Ervin Howard Poem
371 Solomon Kane's Home-Coming Robert Ervin Howard Poem
373 Moon Mockery Robert Ervin Howard Poem
373 The King and the Oak Robert Ervin Howard Poem
374 Recompense Robert Ervin Howard Poem
375 Always Comes Evening Robert Ervin Howard Poem
376 The Ghost Kings Robert Ervin Howard Poem
377 The Last Hour Robert Ervin Howard Poem
377 Which Will Scarcely Be Understood Robert Ervin Howard Poem
379 Lines Written in the Realization That I Must Die Robert Ervin Howard Poem
380 After Sleep Donald Wandrei Poem
380 Purple Donald Wandrei Poem
381 The Eye Donald Wandrei Poem
381 The Hungry Flowers Donald Wandrei Poem
382 The Statues Donald Wandrei Poem
382 The Torturers Donald Wandrei Poem
383 The Head Donald Wandrei Poem
383 The Old Companions Donald Wandrei Poem
384 In the Attic Donald Wandrei Poem
384 The Cocoon Donald Wandrei Poem
385 The Little Creature Donald Wandrei Poem
385 The Metal God Donald Wandrei Poem
386 The Pool Donald Wandrei Poem
386 The Prey Donald Wandrei Poem
387 Escape Donald Wandrei Poem
387 The Rack Donald Wandrei Poem
388 Capture Donald Wandrei Poem
388 In the Pit Donald Wandrei Poem
389 The Bell Donald Wandrei Poem
389 The Ultimate Vision Donald Wandrei Poem
390 Lois Malone August Derleth Poem
390 Weldon House August Derleth Poem
391 Ted Birkett August Derleth Poem
392 Bart Hinch August Derleth Poem
392 The Shores of Night August Derleth Poem
393 Man at the Window August Derleth Poem
394 Stranger in the Night August Derleth Poem
396 Mark of Man, Mark of Beast August Derleth Poem
397 Sonnet of the Unsleeping Dead Anthony Boucher Poem
398 Fox Hunters of Hell Byron Herbert Reece Poem
401 Dreams of Yith Duane W. Rimel Poem
404 Echidna Mary Elizabeth Counselman Poem
404 Nostalgia Mary Elizabeth Counselman Poem
405 Changeling Leah Bodine Drake Poem
406 Wood Wife Leah Bodine Drake Poem
407 In the Shadows Leah Bodine Drake Poem
408 The Path Through the Marsh Leah Bodine Drake Poem
409 The Tenants Leah Bodine Drake Poem
410 All-Saints' Eve Leah Bodine Drake Poem
411 The Ballad of the Jabberwock: A True Tale of Squankom Town Leah Bodine Drake Poem
415 Heard on the Roof at Midnight Leah Bodine Drake Poem
416 Two Hunters Harvey Wagner Flink Poem
416 Wayfarers Harvey Wagner Flink Poem
417 Death at Sea Coleman Rosenberger Poem
417 Star Gazer Coleman Rosenberger Poem
418 The Goats of Juan Fernandez: A Note on Survival Coleman Rosenberger Poem
xv Introduction (Dark of the Moon) August Derleth Essay

Title Year Publisher Format Type Catalog ID Cover Artist Pages
Dark of the Moon: Poems of Fantasy and the Macabre Cover 1947 Arkham House Hardcover Anthology Frank Utpatel xvi+418
Dark of the Moon: Poems of Fantasy and the Macabre 1969 Books for Libraries Press Hardcover Anthology xvi+418