Book description
Fresh from its original appearance in a limited edition from small
press Midnight House, this collection follows the acclaimed title, THE
BLACK GONDOLIER AND OTHER STORIES and is also edited by John Pelan and
Steve Savile. SMOKE GHOST & OTHER APPARITIONS is a new collection of
stories by Fritz Leiber. Assembled here is a selection of Mr. Leiber's
best horrific tales, many of which are previously uncollected and have
been virtually unobtainable for decades. During his more than fifty
years of writing, Leiber was an acknowledged master of the weird tale
and the stories in this collection include works originally published in
the magazines from the 1940's onward, including such venues as
'Unknown,' 'Thrilling Mystery,' 'Startling Stories' and 'Fantasy' and
also works published over the decades in such places as 'Rogue,' 'The
Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction,' 'Mike Shayne's Mystery
Magazine' and the acclaimed horror specialty magazine 'Whispers 13-14.'
Besides "Smoke Ghost" (1941), the stories include "Cry
Witch!" (1951), "I'm Looking for Jeff" (1952), "Ms.
Found in a Maelstrom" (1959), "The Button Molder" (1979),
"Dark Wings" (1976) and (Original to this volume) "The
Enormous Bedroom" (2001). Fritz Leiber is considered one of
science fiction's legends. Author of a prodigious number of stories and
novels, many of which were made into films, he is best known as creator
of the classic Lankhmar fantasy series. Fritz Leiber has won awards too
numerous to count including the coveted Hugo and Nebula, and was honored
as a lifetime Grand Master by the Science Fiction Writers of America. He
died in 1992.
