Emil Petaja (1915–2000) was an American science fiction and fantasy writer whose career spanned seven decades. He was the author of 13 published novels, nearly 150 short stories, numerous poems, and a handful of books and articles on various subjects. Though he wrote science fiction, fantasy, horror stories, detective fiction, and poetry, Petaja considered his work part of an older tradition of "weird fiction." You can find echoes not only of H. P. Lovecraft and Robert E. Howard in his work, but previous generations of weird authors such as Poe, Blackwood, and E. F. Benson. This volume includes 10 stories and a poem:

MONSIEUR BLUEBEARD

LIVE EVIL

SKYDRIFT

THE DARK BALCONY

THE HUNGRY GHOST

THE INSISTENT GHOST

THE JONAH

THE MUSIC-BOX FROM HELL

VOTARESS

THE INTRUDER

MARMOK (poem)

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