The Caller of the Black
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| caption = Dust-jacket illustration by Herb Arnold.
| author = Brian Lumley
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| cover_artist = Herb Arnold
| country = United States
| language = English
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| publisher = Arkham House
| release_date = 1971
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| media_type = Print (hardback)
| pages = 235
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The Caller of the Black is a collection of stories by British writer Brian Lumley. It was released in 1971 and was the author's first collection of stories published by Arkham House. It was published in an edition of 3,606 copies. Many of the stories are of the Cthulhu Mythos.
Contents
The Caller of the Black contains the following stories:
- "A Thing About Cars!"
- "The Cyprus Shell"
- "Billy's Oak"
- "The Writer in the Garret"
- "The Caller of the Black"
- "The Mirror of Nitocris"
- "The Night Sea Maid Went Down"
- "The Thing from the Blasted Heath"
- "An Item of Supporting Evidence"
- "Dylath-Leen"
- "De Marigny's Clock"
- "Ambler's Inspiration"
- "In the Vaults Beneath"
- "The Pearl"
Sources
- {{cite book | last=Jaffery | first=Sheldon | authorlink=Sheldon Jaffery | title=The Arkham House Companion | location=Mercer Island, WA | publisher=Starmont House, Inc.| pages=101–102 | year=1989 | isbn=1-55742-005-X}}
- {{cite book | last=Chalker | first=Jack L. | authorlink=Jack L. Chalker | author2=Mark Owings | title=The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History, 1923-1998 | location=Westminster, MD and Baltimore | publisher=Mirage Press, Ltd.| pages=46 | year=1998}}
- {{cite book | last=Joshi | first=S.T. | authorlink=S.T. Joshi | title=Sixty Years of Arkham House: A History and Bibliography | location=Sauk City, WI | publisher=Arkham House| pages=128 | year=1999 | isbn=0-87054-176-5}}
- {{cite book | last=Nielsen | first=Leon | title=Arkham House Books: A Collector's Guide | location=Jefferson, NC and London | publisher=McFarland & Company, Inc.| pages=115–116 | year=2004 | isbn=0-7864-1785-4}}
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Category:1971 short story collections
Category:Fantasy short story collections
Category:Horror short story collections
Category:Cthulhu Mythos short stories