The Caller of the Black

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name = The Caller of the Black
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image_caption = Dust-jacket illustration by Herb Arnold for "The Caller of the Black"
author = Brian Lumley
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cover_artist = Herb Arnold
country = United States
language = English
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genre = Fantasy, Horror short stories
publisher = Arkham House
release_date = 1971
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media_type = Print (Hardback)
pages = 235 pp
isbn = NA
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"The Caller of the Black" is a collection of stories by author 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:

# "A Thing About Cars!"
# "The Cyprus Shell"
# "Billy's Oak"
# "The Writer in the Garret"
# "The Caller of the Black"
# "The Mirror of Nitocris"
# "The Night"
# "Sea-Maid"
# "Went Down"
# "The Thing from the Blasted Heath"
# "An Item of Supporting Evidence"
# "Dylath-Leen"
# "De Marigny's Clock"
# "Ambler's Inspiration"
# "In the Vaults Beneath"
# "The Pearl"

References

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