Dragonfly (Durbin novel)

Dragonfly
Dust-jacket illustration by Jason Van Hollander for Dragonfly
Author(s)	Frederic S. Durbin
Illustrator	Jason Van Hollander
Cover artist	Jason Van Hollander
Country	United States
Language	English
Genre(s)	Fantasy novel, Horror novel
Publisher	Arkham House
Publication date	1999
Media type	Print (Hardback)
Pages	viii, 300 pp
ISBN	0-87054-175-7
OCLC Number	41211479
Dewey Decimal	813/.54 21
LC Classification	PS3554.U6695 D7 1999

Dragonfly is a fantasy, horror novel by author Frederic S. Durbin. It was released in 1999 by Arkham House in an edition of 4,000 copies. It was the author's first novel.

Plot summary

Ten-year-old Bridget Ann (nicknamed "Dragonfly") lives in her Uncle Henry's funeral parlor. Uncle Henry summons Mothkin, a hunter, to investigate strange things happening in the basement as Hallowe'en approaches. In the basement, Dragonfly and Mothkin discover a doorway to a spooky underground world, known as Harvest Moon, which is ruled by an evil despot, Samuel Hain. Dragonfly is separated from Mothkin and meets up with a werewolf named Sylva who protects her from Hain. Eventually, she reunites with Mothkin for a final battle with Hain.

Reprints

• Mechanicsburg, PA: Science Fiction Book Club, 2001^[1]
• New York: Ace Books, 2005

References

• Joshi, S.T. (1999). Sixty Years of Arkham House: A History and Bibliography. Sauk City, WI: Arkham House. pp. 173. ISBN 0-87054-176-5. 
• Nielsen, Leon (2004). Arkham House Books: A Collector's Guide. Jefferson, NC and London: McFarland & Company, Inc.. pp. 144. ISBN 0-7864-1785-4. 

Footnotes

1. ^ "The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2001". http://www.locusmag.com/index/yr2001/b15.htm#A456. Retrieved 2007-09-25. 

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