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Title: The Fifth Candle Title Record # 1196052
Authors: George R. Hahn and Richard Levin
Date: 1939-01-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
Synopsis: A dying father promises to kill one of his five sons on each anniversary of his death.
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1939 The Fifth Candle [as by Cyril Mand]

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Weird Tales, January 1939 1939-01-00 ed. Farnsworth Wright Weird Tales  
$0.25?$: US dollar
132
pulp?Magazine using the common pulp size: 6.5" by 9.5". For ISFDB purposes this may also be used as a designation for the quality of the paper. There are some untrimmed pulps that are as large as 8" by 11.75
mag Virgil Finlay Checkmark
Weird Tales, May 1952 1952-05-00 ed. D. McIlwraith Weird Tales  
$0.25?$: US dollar
100
pulp?Magazine using the common pulp size: 6.5" by 9.5". For ISFDB purposes this may also be used as a designation for the quality of the paper. There are some untrimmed pulps that are as large as 8" by 11.75
mag Virgil Finlay Checkmark
100 Wild Little Weird Tales 1994-12-00 ed. Stefan R. Dziemianowicz, Martin H. Greenberg, Robert Weinberg Barnes & Noble Books 1-56619-557-8
$7.98?$: US dollar
xix+
581
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Kevin McGuinness  
100 Wild Little Weird Tales 1997-00-00 ed. Stefan R. Dziemianowicz, Martin H. Greenberg, Robert Weinberg Barnes & Noble Books 0-7607-0205-5
$4.98?$: US dollar
xix+
581
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
anth Kevin McGuinness  
100 Wild Little Weird Tales 2005-00-00 ed. Stefan R. Dziemianowicz, Martin H. Greenberg, Robert Weinberg Barnes & Noble Books 1-56619-557-8
$7.98?$: US dollar
xix+
581
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Igor Satanovsky Checkmark
The Big Book of Ghost Stories 2012-09-18 ed. Otto Penzler Vintage Crime / Black Lizard / Vintage Books 978-0-307-47449-0
$25.00?$: US dollar
xii+
833
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
anth Gregg Kulick Checkmark
Weird Tales (disc 4, part 2) 2019-00-00 ed. uncredited        
unknown?The publication record was created from a secondary source and the publication format is unknown.
anth  
The Big Book of Ghost Stories 2020-06-10 ed. Otto Penzler Highbridge / Recorded Books 978-1-68457-684-5    
digital audio download?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts.
anth Checkmark
100 Wild Little Weird Tales date unknown ed. Stefan R. Dziemianowicz, Martin H. Greenberg, Robert Weinberg Barnes & Noble Books 1-56619-557-8   xix+
581
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Kevin McGuinness Checkmark
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