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The Pool of the Stone God

A. Merritt

First published June 1971
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story

A professor tells the story of how he became the only survivor of five men shipwrecked on an island near New Guinea where they encountered a huge horribly ugly statue.

First published as by "W. Fenimore" in American Weekly, September 23, 1923.

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
June 1971 Cover Horrors Unknown Walker & Co. Anthology 211
May 1972 Cover Horrors Unknown Kaye & Ward Anthology 211
February 1976 Cover Horrors Unknown Berkley Medallion Anthology 207
May 1985 Cover Masterpieces of Terror and the Supernatural Doubleday / SFBC Anthology 340
June 1985 Cover Masterpieces of Terror and the Supernatural Doubleday Anthology 340
July 1985 Cover A. Merritt: Reflections in the Moon Pool Oswald Train Nonfiction 187
October 1990 Masterpieces of Terror and the Supernatural Dorset Press Anthology
December 1991 Masterpieces of Terror and the Supernatural Macdonald Anthology
October 1992 Cover Masterpieces of Terror and the Supernatural Warner Books UK Anthology
July 2012 Cover The Pool of the Stone God and Other Tales Oxford City Press Collection 1
May 2014 The A. Merritt Megapack: 19 Classic Novels and Stories Wildside Press Collection |70
January 2015 Cover Things That Go Bump in the Night: A Treasury of Classic Weird Parallel Universe Publications Anthology 295
August 2017 Cover Supernatural Horror Short Stories Flame Tree Publishing Anthology 320
January 2018 Cover HorrorBabble's Classic Horror: Volume 3 HorrorBabble Anthology |4
January 2018 Cover HorrorBabble's Classic Horror: Volume 3 HorrorBabble Anthology |4
December 2018 Cover Supernatural Horror Short Stories Flame Tree Publishing Anthology
January 2020 Cover HYNH+ Vol. III. Nr 1/2 GSF MAGAZINE 6
March 2024 Cover Tales of Horror Lyons Press Anthology |3
March 2024 Cover Tales of Horror Lyons Press Anthology |3