Kecksies and Other Twilight Tales

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Kecksies and Other Twilight Tales
Kecksies.jpg
Dust-jacket illustration by Stephen E. Fabian.
Author Marjorie Bowen
Cover artist Stephen E. Fabian
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Genre Horror, Fantasy
Publisher Arkham House
Publication date
1976
Media typePrint (hardback)
Pagesxiii, 207
ISBN 0-87054-077-7
OCLC 2794485
823/.9/12
LC Class PZ3.B6746 Ke3 PR6003.O676

Kecksies and Other Twilight Tales is a collection of stories by British writer Marjorie Bowen. It was released in 1976 and was the author's first collection of stories published in the United States. It was published by Arkham House in an edition of 4,391 copies.

Contents

Kecksies and Other Twilight Tales contains the following stories:

  1. "Preface"
  2. "The Hidden Ape"
  3. "Kecksies"
  4. "Raw Material"
  5. "The Avenging of Ann Leete"
  6. "The Crown Derby Plate"
  7. "The Sign-Painter and the Crystal Fishes"
  8. "Scoured Silk"
  9. "The Breakdown"
  10. "One Remained Behind"
  11. "The House by the Poppy Field"
  12. "Florence Flannery"
  13. "Half-Past Two"

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