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A Merritt

(Abraham Grace Merritt)

Author of 15 science-fiction and fantasy novels, Abraham Merritt (1884-1943) was the most popular genre writer of his time. His talent for fantasy and science fiction writing was first recognized when the novelette version of this story appeared in a 1918 issue of All-Story Weekly.

Genres: Science Fiction, Horror

Series

Dr Goodwin
The Moon Pool (1919)
The Metal Monster (1920)

Dr Lowell
Burn, Witch, Burn! (1933)

Novels

   The Ship of Ishtar (1924)
   Seven Footprints to Satan (1928)
   The Face in the Abyss (1931)
   Dwellers in the Mirage (1932)
   Creep, Shadow Creep! (1934)
     aka Creep, Shadow!
   The Snake Mother (1940)
   The Black Wheel (1947) (with Hannes Bok)
   Rhythm of the Spheres (1948)

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Omnibus

The Fox Woman and the Blue Pagoda (1946) (with Hannes Bok)

Collections

   The People of the Pit (1948)
   The Fox Woman (1949)
   The Challenge From Beyond (1990) (with Robert E Howard, Frank Belknap Long, H P Lovecraft and C L Moore)
   The Women of the Wood (2001)

Novellas

   Through the Dragon Glass (1917)
   Three Lines of Old French (1919)
   The Drone (1934)

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Non fiction

The Story Behind the Story... (1942)

Anthologies containing stories by A Merritt

Book of the Werewolf (1973)
Realms of Wizardry (1976)
A Treasury of Modern Fantasy (1981)
Masterpieces of Terror and the Unknown (1992)
To Sleep, Perchance to Dream...Nightmare (1993)
Ackermanthology (1997)
The Mammoth Book of Fantasy All-Time Greats (1998)
aka The Fantasy Hall of Fame
The Mammoth Book of Twentieth-Century Ghost Stories (1998)

Short stories

	The People of the Pit [short story]
	The Whelming of Cherkis (1920)
	The Woman of the Wood (1926)
	The Last Poet and the Wrongness of Space (1934)

Books about A Merritt

A. Merritt (1986) by Sam Moskowitz

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