This Mortal Coil (book)

This Mortal Coil is a collection of fantasy and horror short stories by author Cynthia Asquith. It was released in 1947 and was the only collection of the author's stories to be published by Arkham House. It was published in an edition of 2,609 copies.

This Mortal Coil
Dust-jacket illustration by Ronald Clyne for This Mortal Coil by Cynthia Asquith
AuthorCynthia Asquith
Cover artistRonald Clyne
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
GenreFantasy, horror
PublisherArkham House
Publication date
1947
Media typePrint (hardback)
Pages245 pp

Contents

This Mortal Coil contains the following tales:

  1. "In a Nutshell"
  2. "The White Moth"
  3. "The Corner Shop"
  4. "'God Grante That She Lye Stille'"
  5. "The Playfellow"
  6. "The Nurse Never Told"
  7. "The Lovely Voice"
  8. "The First Night"
  9. "The Follower"

Adaptations

"God Grante That She Lye Stille" was adapted in 1961 by Robert Hardy Andrews as an episode of the anthology TV series Thriller.

gollark: actually, I'm your alternate personality.
gollark: Your infolaser was also replaced with heavdrones which *appeared* to perform the same function.
gollark: I memetically generated 113 extra countries which do recognize it, actually.
gollark: Yes. Unicode → comedy 106.9993.
gollark: Exæcŧły.

References
  • Jaffery, Sheldon (1989). The Arkham House Companion. Mercer Island, WA: Starmont House, Inc. p. 23. ISBN 1-55742-005-X.
  • Chalker, Jack L.; Mark Owings (1998). The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History, 1923-1998. Westminster, MD and Baltimore: Mirage Press, Ltd. p. 30.
  • Joshi, S.T. (1999). Sixty Years of Arkham House: A History and Bibliography. Sauk City, WI: Arkham House. p. 38. ISBN 0-87054-176-5.
  • Nielsen, Leon (2004). Arkham House Books: A Collector's Guide. Jefferson, NC and London: McFarland & Company, Inc. p. 60. ISBN 0-7864-1785-4.
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