Flowers from the Moon and Other Lunacies

Flowers from the Moon and Other Lunacies

Infobox Book
name = Flowers from the Moon and Other Lunacies
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image_caption = Dust-jacket illustration by Tony Patrick for "Flowers from the Moon and Other Lunacies"
author = Robert Bloch
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cover_artist = Tony Patrick, design by Martin Hertzel
country = United States
language = English
series =
genre = Horror, Fantasy short stories
publisher = Arkham House
release_date = 1998
english_release_date =
media_type = Print (Hardback)
pages = xii, 296 pp
isbn = ISBN 0-87054-172-2
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"Flowers from the Moon and Other Lunacies" is a collection of horror and fantasy stories by author Robert Bloch. It was released in 1998 and was the author's third book published by Arkham House. It was published in an edition of 2,565 copies. The stories, selected by Robert M. Price, originally appeared in the magazines "Weird Tales", "Strange Stories" and "Rogue". The collection includes some Cthulhu Mythos stories.

Contents

"Flowers from the Moon and Other Lunacies" contains the following tales:

# "Introduction", by Robert M. Price
# "The Druidic Doom"
# "Fangs of Vengeance"
# "Death is An Elephant"
# "A Question of Identity"
# "Death Has Five Guesses"
# "The Bottomless Pool"
# "The Dark Isle"
# "Flowers From the Moon"
# "He Waits Beneath the Sea"
# "Power of Druid"
# "Be Yourself"
# "A Sorcerer Runs for Sheriff"
# "Black Bargain"
# "A Bottle of Gin"
# "Wine of Sabbat"
# "Soul Proprietor"
# "Satan’s Phonograph"
# "The Man Who Told The Truth"
# "The Night They Crashed the Party"
# "Philtre Tip"

References

*cite book | last=Chalker | first=Jack L. | authorlink=Jack L. Chalker | coauthors=Mark Owings | title=The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History, 1923-1998 | location=Westminster, MD and Baltimore | publisher=Mirage Press, Ltd.| pages=60-61 | date=1998
*cite book | last=Joshi | first=S.T. | authorlink=S.T. Joshi | title=Sixty Years of Arkham House: A History and Bibliography | location=Sauk City, WI | publisher=Arkham House| pages=170-171 | date=1999 | id=ISBN 0-87054-176-5
*cite book | last=Nielsen | first=Leon | title=Arkham House Books: A Collector's Guide | location=Jefferson, NC and London | publisher=McFarland & Company, Inc.| pages=141 | date=2004 | id=ISBN 0-7864-1785-4


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