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The Lonesome Place

August Derleth

First published February 1948
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story

Synopsis

In the imagination of two boys, a shadowy area on the street becomes the habitat of a deadly monster.

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Publications (27)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
February 1948 Famous Fantastic Mysteries, February 1948 All-Fiction Field, Inc. MAGAZINE 114
February 1948 Famous Fantastic Mysteries, February 1948 All-Fiction Field, Inc. (Canada) MAGAZINE 114
1952 Night's Yawning Peal: A Ghostly Company Arkham House & Pellegrini & Cudahy Anthology 147
1962 Lonesome Places Arkham House Collection 3
1965 Night's Yawning Peal Consul Books Anthology 152
1968 Hauntings: Tales of the Supernatural Doubleday Anthology 15
October 1972 Nightfrights: An Anthology of Macabre Tales That Have Terrified Three Generations Gollancz Anthology 171
1973 Nightfrights: Occult Stories for All Ages Taplinger Anthology 171
1973 The Supernatural in Fiction McGraw-Hill Anthology 255
September 1973 Nightfrights: An Anthology of Macabre Tales That Have Terrified Three Generations Gollancz Anthology 171
1975 Nightfrights: An Anthology of Macabre Tales That Have Terrified Three Generations Peacock Books / Penguin Anthology 201
September 1978 Creepy Creatures Beaver Books Anthology 125
1980 Ghosts That Haunt You Kestrel Books Anthology 9
September 1983 Ghosts That Haunt You Puffin / Penguin Books (UK) Anthology 9
October 1984 Nightmares 2 Armada Anthology 97
July 1987 Nightmares 2 Swift Anthology
August 1991 Famous Fantastic Mysteries Gramercy Books Anthology 281
June 1993 Nursery Crimes Barnes & Noble Books Anthology 193
December 1996 American Gothic Tales Plume / Penguin Anthology 191
1997 American Gothic Tales Plume / Penguin / BCE Anthology 191
September 2004 More Ghost Stories Kingfisher (US) Anthology 9
October 2007 American Supernatural Tales Penguin Books (US) Anthology 211
October 2007 American Supernatural Tales Penguin Books (US) Anthology
February 2009 "Who Shall I Say Is Calling?" and Other Stories: The Best Short Stories of August Derleth The Battered Silicon Dispatch Box & Arkham House & The August Derleth Society Collection 222
February 2009 "Who Shall I Say Is Calling?" and Other Stories: The Best Short Stories of August Derleth The Battered Silicon Dispatch Box & Arkham House & The August Derleth Society Collection 222
October 2013 American Supernatural Tales Penguin Books (US) Anthology 209
October 2020 Pseudopod, #725 Escape Artists, Inc. MAGAZINE