Eight Tales

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Eight Tales
Eight tales.jpg
Dust-jacket by Gary Gore.
Author Walter de la Mare
Cover artistGary Gore
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Genre Fantasy, horror
Publisher Arkham House
Publication date
1971
Media typePrint (hardback)
Pagesxx, 108

Eight Tales is a collection of stories by British writer Walter de la Mare. 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 2,992 copies. The stories were all written under de la Mare's pseudonym "Walter Ramal" and had not appeared previously in book form.

Contents

Contents

Eight Tales contains an introduction, by Edward Wagenknecht, and the following stories:

  1. "Kismet"
  2. "The Hangman Luck"
  3. "A Mote"
  4. "The Village of Old Age"
  5. "The Moon's Miracle"
  6. "The Giant"
  7. "De Mortuis"
  8. "A:B:O."

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