Tales from the Nightside explained

Tales from the Nightside
Author:Charles L. Grant
Illustrator:Andrew Smith
Cover Artist:Michael Whelan
Country:United States
Language:English
Publisher:Arkham House
Release Date:1981
Media Type:Print (hardback)
Pages:xii, 228
Isbn:0-87054-091-2
Dewey:813/.54 19
Congress:PS3557.R265 T3
Oclc:7280755

Tales from the Nightside is a collection of stories by American writer Charles L. Grant. It was released in 1981 and was the author's first book by Arkham House and was published in an edition of 4,121 copies. The book cover has been featured on Thrash Metal band Sepultura album Beneath the Remains.

Contents

Tales from the Nightside contains the following stories:

  1. "Foreword", by Stephen King
  2. Tales from Oxrun Station
    • "Coin of the Realm"
    • "Old Friends"
    • "Home"
    • "If Damon Comes"
    • "A Night of Dark Intent"
  3. Tales from Hawthorne Street
    • "The Gentle Passing of a Hand"
    • "When All the Children Call My Name"
    • "Needle Song"
    • "Something There Is"
  4. Tales from the Nightside
    • "Come Dance With Me on My Pony's Grave"
    • "The Three of Tens"
    • "Digging"
    • "From All the Fields of Hail and Fire"
    • "The Key to English"
    • "White Wolf Calling"

Sources

. Sheldon Jaffery . The Arkham House Companion . Mercer Island, WA . Starmont House, Inc.. 126 . 1989 . 1-55742-005-X.

. Jack L. Chalker . Mark Owings . The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History, 1923-1998 . Westminster, MD and Baltimore . Mirage Press, Ltd.. 54 . 1998.

. S.T. Joshi . Sixty Years of Arkham House: A History and Bibliography . Sauk City, WI . Arkham House. 147 . 1999 . 0-87054-176-5.