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Title: The Pool of the Stone God

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Title: The Pool of the Stone God Title Record # 526181
Author: A. Merritt
Date: 1923-09-23
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
Note: First published as by "W. Fenimore" in American Weekly, September 23, 1923.
Synopsis: A professor tells the story of how he became the only survivor of five men shipwrecked on an island near New Guinea where they encountered a huge horribly ugly statue.
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Other Titles

Variant Titles Translations
Year Title
1923 The Pool of the Stone God [as by W. Fenimore]
1923 The Pool of the Stone God [as by Abraham Merritt]
Year Language Title
2020Translated by Ewa Witecka
Polish Sadzawka kamiennego boga [as by Abraham Merritt]

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Horrors Unknown 1971-06-00 ed. Sam Moskowitz Walker & Co. 0-8027-5534-8
$5.95?$: US dollar
x+
214
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Ed Emsch Checkmark
Horrors Unknown 1972-05-00 ed. Sam Moskowitz Kaye & Ward 0-7182-0913-3
£1.65?£: UK pound
x+
214
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Horrors Unknown 1976-02-00 ed. Sam Moskowitz Berkley Medallion 0-425-03063-6
$0.95?$: US dollar
xi+
210
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
anth Checkmark
Masterpieces of Terror and the Supernatural 1985-05-00 ed. Marvin Kaye, Saralee Kaye Doubleday / SFBC 5144
$6.98?$: US dollar
xv+
623
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Edward Gorey Checkmark
Masterpieces of Terror and the Supernatural 1985-06-00 ed. Marvin Kaye, Saralee Kaye Doubleday 0-385-18549-9
$15.95?$: US dollar
xv+
623
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Edward Gorey Checkmark
A. Merritt: Reflections in the Moon Pool 1985-07-00 A. Merritt, Sam Moskowitz Oswald Train  
$20.00?$: US dollar
399
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
non-fic Stephen E. Fabian Checkmark
Masterpieces of Terror and the Supernatural 1990-10-00 ed. Marvin Kaye, Saralee Kaye Dorset Press 0-88029-518-X
$8.95?$: US dollar
xv+
623
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Edward Gorey  
Masterpieces of Terror and the Supernatural 1991-12-00 ed. Marvin Kaye, Saralee Kaye Macdonald 0-356-20221-6
£14.95?£: UK pound
xiii+
658
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
anth Ashley Pearce  
Masterpieces of Terror and the Supernatural 1992-10-00 ed. Marvin Kaye, Saralee Kaye Warner Books UK 0-7515-0030-5
£8.99?£: UK pound
xiii+
658
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 Ashley Pearce  
The Pool of the Stone God and Other Tales 2012-07-10 Abraham Merritt Oxford City Press 978-1-78139-236-2
$17.99?$: US dollar
202
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.
coll  
The A. Merritt Megapack: 19 Classic Novels and Stories 2014-05-07 A. Merritt Wildside Press (Megapack)  
$0.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll Checkmark
Things That Go Bump in the Night: A Treasury of Classic Weird 2015-01-30 ed. Douglas Draa, David A. Riley Parallel Universe Publications 978-0-9574535-6-2
£8.99?£: UK pound
366
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 Checkmark
Supernatural Horror Short Stories 2017-08-29 ed. Laura Bulbeck Flame Tree Publishing (Gothic Fantasy) 978-1-78664-182-3
£20.00?£: UK pound
478
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Checkmark
HorrorBabble's Classic Horror: Volume 3 2018-01-14 ed. uncredited HorrorBabble  
$2.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
anth  
HorrorBabble's Classic Horror: Volume 3 2018-01-29 ed. uncredited HorrorBabble  
$14.95?$: US dollar
 
digital audio download?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts.
anth  
Supernatural Horror Short Stories 2018-12-15 ed. Laura Bulbeck Flame Tree Publishing (Gothic Fantasy) 978-1-78755-242-5
£9.95?£: UK pound
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
anth Checkmark
HYNH+ Vol. III. Nr 1/2 2020-01-00 ed. Artur Nowakowski,
Konrad Zieliński?Konrad Zielinski
GSF   PLN45 281
digest?Digest-size magazine, including both standard digest size, at about 7" by 4.5", and also large digest, such as recent issues of Asimov's, which are about 8.25" by 5.125".
mag Artur Nowakowski  
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