The Caller of the Black

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The Caller of the Black
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Dust-jacket illustration by Herb Arnold.
Author Brian Lumley
Cover artistHerb Arnold
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Genre Fantasy, horror
Publisher Arkham House
Publication date
1971
Media typePrint (hardback)
Pages235

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:

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