num_pages: 514
description: "The Early Fears' brings together for the first time all of the stories from his first two short stories collections, both long out-of-print, plus three previously uncollected stories - 39 stories in all. Included are such classics as 'Yours Truly, Jack the Ripper,' 'Enoch,' 'The Opener of the Way,' and the Hugo Award winning 'That Hell-Bound Train.' 3 • The Cloak • (1939)18 • Beetles • (1938)30 • The Fiddler's Fee • (1940)49 • The Mannikin • (1937)64 • The Strange Flight of Richard Clayton • (1939)73 • Yours Truly, Jack the Ripper • (1943)90 • The Seal of the Satyr • (1939)103 • The Dark Demon • (1936)113 • The Faceless God • (1936)127 • House of the Hatchet • (1941)145 • The Opener of the Way • (1936)157 • Return to the Sabbath • (1938)172 • The Mandarin's Canaries • (1938)183 • Waxworks • (1939)205 • The Feast in the Abbey • (1935)212 • Slave of the Flames • (1938)230 • The Shambler from the Stars • (1935)240 • Mother of Serpents • (1936)248 • The Secret of Sebek • (1937)264 • The Eyes of the Mummy • (1938)278 • One Way to Mars • (1945)287 • Sweets to the Sweet • (1947)295 • The Dream-Makers • (1953)321 • The Sorcerer's Apprentice • (1949)332 • I Kiss Your Shadow— • (1956)350 • Mr. Steinway • (1954)363 • The Proper Spirit • (1957)370 • Catnip • (1948)382 • The Cheaters • (1947)400 • Hungarian Rhapsody • (1958)409 • The Light-House • (1953)423 • The Hungry House • (1951)441 • Sleeping Beauty • (1958)453 • Sweet Sixteen • (1958)471 • That Hell-Bound Train • (1958)485 • Enoch • (1946)498 • The Bedposts of Life • (1991)504 • The Grab Bag • (1991)512 • The Creative Urge • (1991)
language: English
title: The Early Fears
titlecomplete: The Early Fears
genres: Fiction, Horror
ratings_count: 40
awards: awardedAt: 757411200000
name: Bram Stoker Award
category: Best Fiction Collection, awardedAt: 788947200000
name: World Fantasy Award
category: Best Collection
publisher: Fedogan & Bremer Pub Llc