The Quick and the Dead (collection) explained

The Quick and the Dead
Author:	Vincent Starrett
Cover Artist:	Frank Utpatel
Country:	United States
Language:	English
Genre:	Fantasy, horror
Publisher:	Arkham House
Release Date:	1965
Media Type:	Print (hardback)
Pages:	145 pp

The Quick and the Dead is a collection of stories by author Vincent Starrett. It was released in 1965 and was the author's only collection of stories published by Arkham House. It was released in an edition of 2,047 copies. The stories were originally published between 1920 and 1932 in various pulp magazines.

Contents

The Quick and the Dead contains the following tales:

1. "The Fugitive"
2. "The Man in the Cask"
3. "The Quick and the Dead"
4. "The Sinless Village"
5. "The Head of Cromwell"
6. "Penelope"
7. "The Elixir of Death"
8. "Coffins for Two"
9. "The Tattooed Man"
10. "Footsteps of Fear"

References

• Book: Jaffery, Sheldon . Sheldon Jaffery

. Sheldon Jaffery . The Arkham House Companion . Mercer Island, WA . Starmont House, Inc.. 80–81. 1989 . 1-55742-005-X.

• Book: Chalker, Jack L. . Jack L. Chalker

. Jack L. Chalker . Mark Owings . The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History, 1923-1998 . Westminster, MD and Baltimore . Mirage Press, Ltd.. 43 . 1998.

• Book: Joshi, S.T. . S.T. Joshi

. S.T. Joshi . Sixty Years of Arkham House: A History and Bibliography . Sauk City, WI . Arkham House. 92–93 . 1999 . 0-87054-176-5.

• Book: Nielsen, Leon . Arkham House Books: A Collector's Guide . Jefferson, NC and London . McFarland & Company, Inc.. 96–97 . 2004 . 0-7864-1785-4.