Emil Petaja (1915–2000) was an American science fiction and fantasy writer whose career spanned seven decades. He was the author of 13 published novels, nearly 150 short stories, numerous poems, and a handful of books and articles on various subjects. Though he wrote science fiction, fantasy, horror stories, detective fiction, and poetry, Petaja considered his work part of an older tradition of "weird fiction." You can find echoes not only of H. P. Lovecraft and Robert E. Howard in his work, but previous generations of weird authors such as Poe, Blackwood, and E. F. Benson. This volume includes 10 stories and a poem:
MONSIEUR BLUEBEARD
LIVE EVIL
SKYDRIFT
THE DARK BALCONY
THE HUNGRY GHOST
THE INSISTENT GHOST
THE JONAH
THE MUSIC-BOX FROM HELL
VOTARESS
THE INTRUDER
MARMOK (poem)
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