The Eerie Mr. Murphy

The Eerie Mr. Murphy

Dust-jacket from the first edition
Author	Howard Wandrei
Illustrator	Howard Wandrei
Cover artist	Howard Wandrei
Language	English
Genre	Science fiction, fantasy and horror
Publisher	Fedogan & Bremer
Publication date	2003
Publication place	United States
Media type	Print (hardback)
Pages	ix, 425 pp
ISBN	1-878252-44-5
OCLC	53113254

The Eerie Mr. Murphy is a collection of science fiction, fantasy and horror stories by author Howard Wandrei. It was released in 2003 by Fedogan & Bremer in an edition of 1,100 copies of which 100 were signed by the editor, D. H. Olson and released in a slipcase with a chapbook of correspondence and diary entries. Many of the stories originally appeared in the magazines Esquire , Weird Tales , Astounding Stories , Spicy Mystery Stories, Speed Mystery, Unknown , Astounding Stories and The Minnesota Quarterly. The book also includes a collection of Wandrei's drawings.

Contents

• Preface, by D. H. Olson
• PART ONE
  • "Published Fiction", by D. H. Olson
  • "The Eerie Mr. Murphy"
  • "Vine Terror" (with H.P. Lovecraft)
  • "Time Haven"
  • "The Molester"
  • "The Persuader"
  • "Old Hokey"
  • "Danger: Quicksand"
  • "The Eyes of the Tiger"
  • "For Murderers Only"
  • "Guns of Maiden Hill"
  • "The African Trick"
  • "In the Dark"
  • "The Mind Marauder"
  • "The Road West"
• PART TWO
  • "Juvenalia & Unpublished Fiction", by D. H. Olson
  • "The Pen"
  • "Effluvia"
  • "Trap of Atlas"
  • "A Shape in the Sky"
  • "The Mind Marauder"
  • "The Step Between"
  • "What Happened to Rudolf"
  • "Hounds in Scarlet"
  • "The Valley of Doubt"
  • "Diamondback"
  • "The Great Imitator"
  • "The Shadow"
  • "Just Lean Back"
  • "Measure of Infinity"
  • "The Sleeper"
• PART THREE
  • Art Gallery

References

• Brown, Charles N.; William G. Contento. "The Locus Index to Science Fiction (2003)" . Retrieved 2008-04-03.
• Chalker, Jack L.; Mark Owings (2003). The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History, Supplement 11, 2002–2003. Westminster, MD and Baltimore: Mirage Press, Ltd. p. 36.