Nameless Places

by Gerald W. Page (Editor/Contributor)

Continuing the Arkham House tradition, this anthology offers the discerning reader of the macabre no less than twenty-seven newly published stories by twenty-three authors, both established and new, exploring a wide and wondrous range of modern fantastic writing. The traditional and the off-trail are represented in a collection certain to appeal to the devotee and general reader alike.

Contents:

Foreword, essay by Gerald W. Page
Glimpses, novelette by A. A. Attanasio
The Night of the Unicorn,short story by Thomas Burnett Swann
The Warlord of Kul Satu, short story by Brian Ball
More Things, short story by G. N. Gabbard
The Real Road to the Church, short story by Robert Aickman
The Gods of Earth, short story by Gary Myers
Walls of Yellow Clay, short story by Robert E. Gilbert
Businessman's Lament, short story by Scott Edelstein
Dark Vintage, short story by Joseph F. Pumilia
Simaitha, short story by David A. English
In the Land of Angra Mainyu, short story by Stephen Goldin
Worldsong, short story by Gerald W. Page
What Dark God?, short story by Brian Lumley
The Stuff of Heroes, short story by Bob Maurus
Forringer's Fortune, short story by Joseph Payne Brennan
Before the Event, short story by Denys Val Baker
In 'Ygiroth, short story by Walter C. DeBill, Jr.
The Last Hand, short story by Ramsey Campbell
Out of the Ages, novelette by Lin Carter
Awakening, short story by David Drake
In the Vale of Pnath, short story by Lin Carter
Chameleon Town, short story by Carl Jacobi
Botch, short story by Scott Edelstein
Black Iron, short story by David Drake
Selene, short story by E. Hoffmann Price
The Christmas Present, short story by Ramsey Campbell
Lifeguard, short story by Arthur Byron Cover

Genres: Horror, Cthulhu Mythos

279 pages, Hardcover

First published June 1, 1975

Reviews

[Jordan · Rating 3 out of 5]

With almost 30 weird fiction (most horror and cosmic horror, but not entirely) short stories in it (some only a few pages), not every one is a winner, but it is solid. Interestingly, Forringer’s Fortune features a tentacled monster that extracts and devours someone’s brain. Both this book and the Mind Flayer appeared in 1975, but which came first is unclear.

[Jim · Rating 4 out of 5]

A good collection of short stories.

[Nick · Rating 4 out of 5]

This anthology, published a few short years after the death of Arkham House founder August Derleth, attempted to bridge the "older" generation of horror writers with a new one. This had mixed results, as some of the new authors in the collection did not continue in the horror vein. Two of them, Stephen Goldin and Arthur Byron Cover, had significant careers writing science fiction, but little horror after this. Another, Gary Myers, had one Arkham House book and a few stories published, but drifted away from the field.
The collection itself had some Lovecraftian horror, but other stories that experimented with various other ways of approaching other-worldy creepiness in fresh ways. It's interesting to read in order to see the ways an old-fashioned approach to horror was examined by writers spanning at least two generations within this volume. The cover, with artwork by Tim Kirk, was very nice.

[Mygale · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great collection of short stories. A pleasure to read.