Nightmares and Daydreams

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Nightmares and Daydreams

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Dust-jacket illustration by Ronald Clyne for Nightmares and Daydreams
Author Nelson Bond
Cover artist Ronald Clyne
Country United States
Language English
Genre Fantasy, horror, science fiction
Publisher Arkham House
Publication date
1968
Media type Print (hardback)
Pages 269 pp

Nightmares and Daydreams is a collection of stories by author Nelson Bond. It was released in 1968 by Arkham House in an edition of 2,040 copies. It was the author's first book to be published by Arkham House. Most of the stories had previously appeared in the magazine Blue Book .

Nelson S. Bond American writer

Nelson Slade Bond was an American author who wrote extensively for books, magazines, radio, television and the stage.

This article presents lists of the literary events and publications in 1968.

Arkham House is an American publishing house specializing in weird fiction. It was founded in Sauk City, Wisconsin in 1939 by August Derleth and Donald Wandrei to preserve in hardcover the best fiction of H. P. Lovecraft. The company's name is derived from Lovecraft's fictional New England city, Arkham. Arkham House editions are noted for the quality of their printing and binding. The colophon for Arkham House was designed by Frank Utpatel.

Contents

Nightmares and Daydreams contains the following tales:

  1. "To People a New World"
  2. "A Rosy Future for Roderick"
  3. "The Song"
  4. "Petersen's Eye"
  5. "The Abduction of Abner Greer"
  6. "Bird of Prey"
  7. "The Spinsters"
  8. "The Devil to Pay"
  9. "'Down Will Come the Sky'"
  10. "The Pet Shop"
  11. "Al Haddon's Lamp"
  12. "Last Inning"
  13. "The Dark Door"
  14. "Much Ado About Pending"
  15. "Final Report"

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