The Golden Age of Weird Fiction MEGAPACK™ Vol 2: George T. Wetzel
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Contents
COPYRIGHT INFO
A NOTE FROM THE PUBLISHER
The MEGAPACK™ Ebook Series
A TALE OF THE ELDER GODS
ANONYMOUS
THE GOTHIC HORROR
CAER SIDHI
THE ENTITY
EATER OF THE DEAD
NIGHTMARE HOUSE
WHAT THE MOON BRINGS
NIGHT ON FORT CARROLL
POISON PEN
THE ADVENTURE OF GOSNELL
JUMBEE
SEEING THINGS AT NIGHT
THE PIRATE OF SHELL CASTLE
COPYRIGHT INFO
The Golden Age of Weird Fiction MEGAPACK™ #2: George T. Wetzel is copyright © 2015 by Wildside Press, LLC. All stories reprinted by permission of the author’s estate. Cover art copyright © 2015 by Dusan Kostic / Fotolia.
All rights reserved.
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The MEGAPACK™ ebook series name is a trademark of Wildside Press, LLC. All rights reserved.
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“A Tale of the Elder Gods” (written in 1949) was originally published in The Gothic Horror and Other Weird Tales. Copyright © 1978 by George T. Wetzel.
“Anonymous” (written in 1951) was originally published in The Gothic Horror and Other Weird Tales. Copyright © 1978 by George T. Wetzel.
“The Gothic Horror” (written in 1953) was originally published in The Gothic Horror and Other Weird Tales. Copyright © 1978 by George T. Wetzel.
“Caer Sidhi” (written in 1954) was originally published in Dark Mind, Dark Heart. Copyright © 1962 by George T. Wetzel.
“The Entity” (written 1955) was originally published in Weirdbook 2. Copyright © 1969 by George T. Wetzel.
“Eater of the Dead” was originally published in HPL (1972). Copyright © 1972 by George T. Wetzel.
“What the Moon Brings” was originally published in HPL (1972). Copyright © 1972 by George T. Wetzel.
“Nightmare House” (written in 1973) was originally published in The Gothic Horror and Other Weird Tales. Copyright © 1978 by George T. Wetzel.
“Nightmare House” (written in 1973) was originally published in The Gothic Horror and Other Weird Tales. Copyright © 1978 by George T. Wetzel.
“Poison Pen” was originally published in From Beyond the Dark Gateway. Copright © 1974 by George T. Wetzel.
“The Adventure of Gosnell” (written in 1977) was originally published in The Gothic Horror and Other Weird Tales. Copyright © 1978 by George T. Wetzel.
“Jumbee” was originally published in Weirdbook 11. Copyright © 1977 by George T. Wetzel.
“Seeing Things at Night” was originally published in The Gothic Horror and Other Weird Tales. Copyright © 1978 by George T. Wetzel.
“The Pirate of Shell Castle: A Mystery of the Sea” was originally published in The Gothic Horror and Other Weird Tales. Copyright © 1978 by George T. Wetzel.
A NOTE FROM THE PUBLISHER
George T. Wetzel (1921-1983) was, for decades, the leading researcher into the life and works of H.P. Lovecraft. His scholarly essays (which Wildside Press is working on collecting) appeared in numerous books and magazines from the 1940s through the 1970s. All the time he dabbled in writing weird fiction on his own, but never pursued it beyond the occasional contribution to a small press anthology or fan-produced magazine. Like his idol, H.P. Lovecraft, he dabbled in the art.
The world largely lost track of Wetzel after his death in 1983. Publishers had trouble locating his estate, and his work moldered in forgotten journals...until I tracked down his brother, Jerry Wetzel, and arranged for Wildside Press to acquire publishing rights to all of his work. This volume is the first result.
Enjoy!
—John Betancourt
Publisher, Wildside Press LLC
www.wildsidepress.com
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