The Cleft and Other Odd Tales
By: Gahan Wilson.
Edition: First edition
Publisher: Tor Books
Published: October 5, 1998
Place of publication: New York City, New York, USA
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 333
Copyright date: 1997
Subjects: Fantasy fiction, American.; Horror tales, American.
First sentence: The monastery was located atop a huge mountain formed of one enormous rock thrusting upward at a slight angle from the surrounding plain.
Description: "Most people know Gahan Wilson primarily as the sharp-witted, often macabre cartoonist whose work has appeared in The New Yorker, The National Lampoon, Playboy, and other magazines."--BOOK JACKET.

"Sometimes amusing, sometimes frightening, Wilson's short fiction is as eclectic as his cartooning. "Campfire Story" mixes nostalgia with unease. "The Marble Boy" is a story from the oral tradition - a tale to be told during a sleepover. "It Twineth Round Thee in Thy Joy" might have appeared in the science fiction pulps of the thirties."--BOOK JACKET.

"These tales and the twenty others that fill out this collection are entertaining and unnerving. To add to readers' enjoyment, The Cleft and Other Odd Tales contains more than two dozen original Gahan Wilson illustrations."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: "A Tor book."
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Printing statement: "First Edition: November 1998" and "0 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1".
Table of contents: label: The Cleft
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pagenum: 11; label: Phyllis
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pagenum: 17; label: Leavings
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pagenum: 23; label: (spot)
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pagenum: 31; label: Sea Gulls
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pagenum: 47; label: The Casino Mirago
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pagenum: 63; label: The Frog Prince
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pagenum: 85; label: The Manuscript of Dr. Arness
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pagenum: 95; label: Hansel and Grettel
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pagenum: 105; label: The Sea Was Wet as Wet Could Be
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pagenum: 127; label: Mister Ice Cold
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pagenum: 145; label: Traps
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pagenum: 153; label: Yesterday's Witch
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pagenum: 163; label: Them Bleaks
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pagenum: 175; label: The Marble Boy
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pagenum: 195; label: End Game
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pagenum: 213; label: A Gift of the Gods
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pagenum: 221; label: It Twineth Round Thee in Thy Joy
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pagenum: 239; label: The Book
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pagenum: 253; label: M-1
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pagenum: 259; label: Come One, Come All
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pagenum: 267; label: Best Friends
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pagenum: 291; label: Campfire Story
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pagenum: 305; label: The Power of the Mandarin
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pagenum: 311