Zounds, the Hounds!

A Two-fer of

Scary Books, Kiddies!

The Hounds of Tindalos.  By Frank Belknap Long.  Belmont Books, 1963.  No cover credit.  “This book contains the complete text of nine stories from the famous hardcover edition, and is reprinted by permission of the author.”  Copyright 1946, Arkham House.

            Boy, the cover art is silly, huh?

             The stories in the Belmont collection are:

"Dark Vision" (Unknown, 1939)

"The Black Druid" (Weird Tales, 1930)

"The Space-Eaters" (Weird Tales, 1928)

"Grab Bags Are Dangerous" (Unknown, 1942)

"Fisherman's Luck" (Unknown, 1940)

"The Elemental" (Unknown, 1939)

"Golden Child" (Thrilling Wonder Stories, 1945)

"The Peeper" (Weird Tales, 1944)

"The Hounds of Tindalos" (Weird Tales, 1929)

            And our second feature ...

The Hounds of Tindalos.  By Frank Belknap Long.  Jove Books, 1978.  Cover art by Rowena.

 

            The Jove version contains these tales:

Introduction

Death Waters • (1924)

The Ocean Leech • (1925)  

The Space-Eaters • [Cthulhu Mythos] • (1928)

The Hounds of Tindalos • [Cthulhu Mythos] • (1929)  

A Visitor from Egypt • (1930)  

Second Night Out • (1933)

The Dark Beasts • (1934)  

The Flame Midget • (1936)  

Dark Vision • (1939)  

The Elemental • (1939)  

Fisherman's Luck • (1940)  

The Refugees • (1942)  

Grab Bags Are Dangerous • (1942)  

The Census Taker • (1942)

Step Into My Garden • (1942)  

It Will Come to You • (1942)  

The Peeper • (1944)

           I bought this critter on December 12, 1978, at a now-defunct Target store.

Ya know, IMO this Long guy is one of those writers for which you can hardly ever go wrong -- kinda like Fredric Brown or Asimov in that regard.

            See ya Friday!