Poems for Midnight

Last updated
Poems for Midnight

Poems for midnight.jpg

Jacket illustration by Frank Utpatel for Poems for Midnight
Author Donald Wandrei
Illustrator Howard Wandrei
Cover artist Frank Utpatel
Country United States
Language English
Genre Poetry
Publisher Arkham House
Publication date
1964
Media type Print (Hardback)
Pages 68 pp

Poems for Midnight is an illustrated collection of poems by Donald Wandrei. It was released in 1964 by Arkham House in an edition of 742 copies. The collection also contains four pen and ink drawings by the author's brother, Howard Wandrei

Donald Wandrei American writer

Donald Albert Wandrei was an American science fiction, fantasy and weird fiction writer, poet and editor. He was the older brother of science fiction writer and artist Howard Wandrei. He had fourteen stories in Weird Tales, another sixteen in Astounding Stories, plus a few in other magazines including Esquire. He was the co-founder of the prestigious fantasy/horror publishing house Arkham House.

This article presents lists of the literary events and publications in 1964.

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

Poems for Midnight contains the following poems:

  1. "Song of Autumn"
  2. "Song of Oblivion"
  3. "Lost Atlantis"
  4. "Phantom"
  5. "The Corpse Speaks"
  6. "The Woman at the Window"
  7. "Shadowy Night"
  8. "The Worm-King"
  9. "Water Spirits"
  10. "Incubus"
  11. "The Prehistoric Huntsman"
  12. "Witches' Sabbath"
  13. "Forest Shapes"
  14. "The Dream that Dies"
  15. "The Sleeper"
  16. "The Moon-Glen Altar"
  17. "Under the Grass"
  18. "The Whispering Knoll"
  19. "On Some Drawings"
  20. "The Plague Ship"
  21. "The Voyagers Return to Tyre"
  22. "The Morning of a Nymph in Mandrikor"
  23. "The Woodland Pool"
  24. "Death and the Traveler"
  25. "In Memoriam: George Sterling"
  26. "Red"
  27. "Kind of the Shadowland"
  28. "Borealis"
  29. "In Memoriam: No Name"
  30. "Ishmael"
  31. "Dark Odyssey"
  32. "Look Homeward, Angel"
  33. "The Challenger"
  34. Sonnets for the Midnight Hours
    • "After Sleep"
    • "Purple"
    • "The Old Companions"
    • "The Head"
    • "In the Attic"
    • "The Cocoon"
    • "The Metal God"
    • "The Little Creature"
    • "The Pool"
    • "The Prey"
    • "The Torturers"
    • "The Statues"
    • "The Hungry Flowers"
    • "The Eye"
    • "The Rack"
    • "Escape"
    • "Capture"
    • "In the Pit"
    • "The Unknown Color"
    • "Monstrous Form"
    • "Nightmare in Green"
    • "What Followed Me?"
    • "Fantastic Sculpture"
    • "The Tree"
    • "The Bell"
    • "The Ultimate Vision"
  35. "Somewhere Past Ispahan"

Related Research Articles

<i>Demons and Dinosaurs</i> book by Lyon Sprague de Camp

Demons and Dinosaurs is a 1970 collection of poetry by American writer L. Sprague de Camp, published by Arkham House in an edition of 500 copies. It was de Camp's first book published by Arkham House.

<i>The Outsider and Others</i> book by Howard Phillips Lovecraft

The Outsider and Others is a collection of stories by American writer H. P. Lovecraft. It was released in 1939 and was the first book published by Arkham House. 1,268 copies were printed. It went out of print early in 1944 and has never been reprinted.

<i>Marginalia</i> (collection) book by Howard Phillips Lovecraft

Marginalia is a collection of Fantasy, Horror and Science fiction short stories, essays, biography and poetry by and about the American author H. P. Lovecraft. It was released in 1944 and was the third collection of Lovecraft's work published by Arkham House. 2,035 copies were printed.

<i>The Eye and the Finger</i> book by Donald Wandrei

The Eye and the Finger is a collection of fantasy, horror and science fiction short stories by American writer Donald Wandrei. It was released in 1944 and was his first book published by Arkham House. 1,617 copies were printed.

<i>A Hornbook for Witches</i> book by Leah Bodine Drake

A Hornbook for Witches: Poems of Fantasy is a collection of poems by Leah Bodine Drake. It was released in 1950, and was the author's first book and her only collection published by Arkham House. It was released in an edition of 553 copies, of which 300 were given to the author, making this one of the rarest books published by Arkham House. The jacket was the work of Frank Utpatel. The volume is dedicated to Drake's ancestor Jean Bodin "who also concerned himself with witches."

<i>Always Comes Evening</i> book by Robert E. Howard

Always Comes Evening is a collection of poems by Robert E. Howard. It was released in 1957 and was the author's second book to be published by Arkham House. It was released in an edition of 636 copies. The publication was subsidized by Howard's literary executor, Glenn Lord who compiled the poems.

<i>Spells and Philtres</i> book by Clark Ashton Smith

Spells and Philtres is a collection of poems by Clark Ashton Smith. It was released in 1958 and was the author's fifth book and second collection of poetry to be published by Arkham House. It was released in an edition of 519 copies. The book was a second stop-gap volume following The Dark Chateau. It represented Smith's poetry while the more extensive Selected Poems was being prepared which did not ultimately appear until 1971. The collection also includes several translations of French and Spanish poems. Clérigo Herrero, however, is not a real person and the poem is actually a composition of Smith's.

<i>The Shuttered Room and Other Pieces</i> book by Howard Phillips Lovecraft

The Shuttered Room and Other Pieces is an anthology fantasy, horror short stories, essays and memoirs by American author H. P. Lovecraft and others. It was released in 1959 by Arkham House in an edition of 2,527 copies and was the fifth collection of Lovecraft's work to be released by Arkham House. August Derleth, the owner of Arkham House, and an admirer and literary executor to Lovecraft, edited the collection and wrote the title story, "The Shuttered Room", as well as another story, "The Fisherman of Falcon Point" from lines of story ideas left by Lovecraft after his death. Derleth billed himself as a "posthumous collaborator".

<i>Dreams and Fancies</i> book by Howard Phillips Lovecraft

Dreams and Fancies is a collection of letters and fantasy, horror and science fiction short stories by American author H. P. Lovecraft. It was released in 1962 by Arkham House in an edition of 2,030 copies and was the sixth collection of Lovecraft's work to be released by Arkham House.

<i>Collected Poems</i> (Lovecraft) book by Howard Phillips Lovecraft

Collected Poems is an illustrated collection of poems by H. P. Lovecraft. It was released in 1963 by Arkham House in an edition of 2,013 copies. The editor August Derleth, in his foreword, stated that the book contains the best of Lovecraft's poetry, as well as the second-best and even his earlier work.

<i>Nightmare Need</i> book by Joseph Payne Brennan

Nightmare Need is a collection of poems by Joseph Payne Brennan. It was released in 1964 by Arkham House in an edition of 500 copies. The book was printed and published in England by Villiers Publications Ltd for Arkham House and lacks the distinctive gold printing on black binding of most Arkham House publications.

<i>Strange Harvest</i> book by Donald Wandrei

Strange Harvest is a collection of stories by American writer Donald Wandrei. It was released in 1965 and was the author's fourth book published by Arkham House. It was released in an edition of 2,000 copies. Many of the stories originally appeared in the magazines Weird Tales and Astounding Stories.

<i>Travellers by Night</i> book by August Derleth

Travellers by Night is an anthology of horror stories edited by American writer August Derleth. It was released in 1967 by Arkham House in an edition of 2,486 copies. None of the stories had been previously published.

<i>Selected Letters of H. P. Lovecraft II</i> (1925–1929) book by Howard Phillips Lovecraft

Selected Letters II, 1925-1929 is a collection of letters by H. P. Lovecraft. It was released in 1968 by Arkham House in an edition of 2,482 copies. It is the second of a five volume series of collections of Lovecraft's letters and includes a preface by August Derleth and Donald Wandrei.

<i>The Folsom Flint and Other Curious Tales</i> book by David H. Keller

The Folsom Flint and Other Curious Tales is a collection of stories by American writer David H. Keller. It was released in 1969 by Arkham House in an edition of 2,031 copies. It was the author's second book to be published by Arkham House.

<i>Selected Poems</i> (Smith collection) book by Clark Ashton Smith

Selected Poems is a collection of poems by American writer Clark Ashton Smith. It was released in 1971 by Arkham House in an edition of 2,118 copies. The collection also includes several translations of French and Spanish poems. Christophe des Laurieres and Clérigo Herrero, however, are not real people, and the poems are actually compositions of Smith's.

<i>Dark Things</i> book by August Derleth

Dark Things is an anthology of horror stories edited by American writer August Derleth. It was released in 1971 by Arkham House in an edition of 3,051 copies. It was Derleth's fourth anthology of previously unpublished stories released by Arkham House. A translation in Japanese has also been released.

<i>Selected Letters of H. P. Lovecraft III</i> (1929–1931) book by Howard Phillips Lovecraft

Selected Letters III (1929-1931) is a collection of letters by H. P. Lovecraft. It was released in 1971 by Arkham House in an edition of 2,513 copies. It is the third of a five volume series of collections of Lovecraft's letters and includes a preface by August Derleth and Donald Wandrei.

<i>The Watchers Out of Time and Others</i> book by Howard Phillips Lovecraft

The Watchers Out of Time and Others is an omnibus collection of stories by American writer August Derleth, inspired in part by notes left by H. P. Lovecraft after his death and presented as a "posthumous collaboration" between the two writers. It was published in an edition of 5,070 copies. Several of the stories relate to the Cthulhu Mythos and had appeared previously in the earliest collections The Lurker at the Threshold, The Survivor and Others, The Shuttered Room and Other Pieces, The Dark Brotherhood and Other Pieces and other Arkham House publications.

<i>Colossus</i> (collection) collection of science fiction

Colossus: The Collected Science Fiction of Donald Wandrei is a collection of science fiction short stories by American writer Donald Wandrei. It was released in 1989 by Fedogan & Bremer in an edition of 1,000 copies. Many of the stories originally appeared in the magazines Weird Tales, Astounding Stories, The Minnesota Quarterly, Thrilling Wonder Stories and Leaves.

References

Sheldon Jaffery was an American bibliographer. An attorney by profession, he was an aficionado of Weird Tales magazine, Arkham House books, the weird menace pulps, and related topics.

International Standard Book Number Unique numeric book identifier

The International Standard Book Number (ISBN) is a numeric commercial book identifier which is intended to be unique. Publishers purchase ISBNs from an affiliate of the International ISBN Agency.