Title: Fishhead
Title Record # 83955
Author: Irvin S. Cobb
Date: 1913-01-11
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Webpages: en.wikisource.org, pseudopod.org
Language: English
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Author: Irvin S. Cobb
Date: 1913-01-11
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Webpages: en.wikisource.org, pseudopod.org
Language: English
Synopsis: After he shamed them, two white backwoods brothers decide to take revenge on a mutated black man who lives alone in the swamp, and the denizens of the swamp take their revenge.
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| Title | Date | Author/Editor | Publisher/Pub. Series | ISBN/Catalog ID | Price | Pages | Format | Type | Cover Artist | Verif |
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| The Escape of Mr. Trimm: His Plight and Other Plights | 1913-00-00 | Irvin S. Cobb | George H. Doran |
vii+ 279 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll |  |
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| The Cavalier, January 11, 1913 | 1913-01-11 | ed. Editors of The Cavalier | Frank A. Munsey | $0.10?$: US dollar |
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 | ||||
| Beware After Dark!: The World's Most Stupendous Tales of Mystery, Horror, Thrills and Terror | 1929-08-00 | ed. T. Everett Harré | The Macaulay Company | $2.50?$: US dollar |
461 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | |||
| Famous Fantastic Mysteries Combined with Fantastic Novels Magazine, June 1942 | 1942-06-00 | ed. Mary Gnaedinger | The Frank A. Munsey Company | $0.25?$: US dollar |
148 | 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 | |
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| Fantasy Stories, November 1950 | 1950-11-00 | ed. Curtis Mitchell | Magabook, Inc. | $0.25?$: US dollar |
130 | 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 | Bill Stone | |
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| Stories That Scared Even Me | 1967-00-00 | ed. Alfred Hitchcock | Random House | $6.95?$: US dollar |
xvi+ 463 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | |||
| Stories That Scared Even Me | 1968-00-00 | ed. Alfred Hitchcock | Max Reinhardt | 0-370-00643-7 | 20/-?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced
in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings
equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling.
Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g.
3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that
is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but
sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters
of a shilling). |
413 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Bernard Blatch | |
| Stories That Scared Even Me, Part One | 1970-00-00 | ed. Alfred Hitchcock | Pan Books | 0-330-02581-3 | £0.25?£: UK pound |
204 | 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 | ||
| Scream Along with Me | 1970-12-00 | ed. Alfred Hitchcock | Dell | 3633 | $0.75?$: US dollar |
224 | 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 | ||
| Waves of Terror: Weird Stories About the Sea | 1976-11-00 | ed. Michel Parry | Gollancz (Gollancz Fantasy & Macabre) | 0-575-02184-5 | £3.95?£: UK pound |
208 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | ||
| Scream Along with Me | 1977-09-00 | ed. Alfred Hitchcock | Dell | 0-440-13633-4 | $1.25?$: US dollar |
224 | 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 | ||
| Havsmonster | 1978-00-00 | ed. uncredited | B. Wahlström?B. Wahlstrom (B. Wahlstroem Kalla Kårar, ryslig midnattsläsning?Kalla Kaarar, ryslig midnattslaesning #49) |
91-32-41857-4 | skr 7.95?skr: Swedish krona (crown) |
158 | 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 | Enric | |
| Fishhead | 1985-00-00 | Irvin S. Cobb | Necronomicon Press | 9 | ph?Pamphlet. Used for short (in page count), unbound, staple-bound, or otherwise lightly bound publications. |
chap | ||||
| Famous Fantastic Mysteries | 1991-08-00 | ed. Stefan R. Dziemianowicz, Martin H. Greenberg, Robert Weinberg | Gramercy Books | 0-517-05577-5 | $10.00?$: US dollar |
xiii+ 449 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Virgil Finlay | |
| H. P. Lovecraft's Book of Horror | 1993-11-00 | ed. Dave Carson, Stephen Jones | Barnes & Noble Books | 1-56619-496-2 | $7.98?$: US dollar |
xii+ 450 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Bruce Pennington | |
| H. P. Lovecraft's Book of Horror | 1994-04-00 | ed. Dave Carson, Stephen Jones | Robinson | 1-85487-231-1 | £6.99?£: UK pound |
xii+ 450 |
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 | Bruce Pennington | |
| The Innsmouth Cycle: The Taint of the Deep Ones in Thirteen Tales and Three Poems | 1998-02-00 | ed. Robert M. Price | Chaosium (Call of Cthulhu Fiction #6017) | 1-56882-113-1 | $12.95?$: US dollar |
xiv+ 233 |
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 | H. E. Fassl | |
| Lovecrafts dunkle Idole | 1999-03-00 | ed. Frank Festa | Blitz (H. P. Lovecrafts Bibliothek des Schreckens #1) | 3-932171-98-5 | DM 19.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark |
171 | 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 | Babbarammdass | |
| Lovecrafts dunkle Idole | 2000-05-00 | ed. Frank Festa | Blitz (H. P. Lovecrafts Bibliothek des Schreckens #1) | 3-932171-98-5 | DM 19.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark |
171 | 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 | Babbarammdass | |
| Lovecrafts dunkle Idole | 2002-06-00 | ed. Frank Festa | Festa (H. P. Lovecrafts Bibliothek des Schreckens #2601) | 3-935822-38-3 | €16.00?€: Euro |
172 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Babbarammdass | |
| The World's Greatest Horror Stories | 2004-03-00 | ed. Dave Carson, Stephen Jones | Barnes & Noble Books | 0-7607-5466-7 | $7.95?$: US dollar |
xii+ 450 |
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 | Simon Marsden | |
| The Innsmouth Cycle: The Taint of the Deep Ones | 2006-00-00 | ed. Robert M. Price | Chaosium (Call of Cthulhu Fiction #6017) | 1-56882-199-9 | $14.95?$: US dollar |
xiv+ 233 |
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 | H. E. Fassl | |
| H. P. Lovecraft's Book of Horror | 2008-00-00 | ed. Dave Carson, Stephen Jones | Fall River Press | 978-1-4351-0745-8 | $7.98?$: US dollar |
532 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Igor Satanovsky | |
| The Escape of Mr. Trimm: His Plight and Other Plights | 2008-03-11 | Irvin S. Cobb | Project Gutenberg | 24799 | ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
coll | ||||
| Monstrum: Classic Tales of Legendary, Beastly, and Ghastly Creatures | 2010-00-00 | ed. Chad Arment | Coachwhip Publications | 978-1-61646-022-8 | 346 | 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 | |||
| Before Weird Tales: Early 20th Century Stories of Horror and the Supernatural | 2013-00-00 | ed. Araminta Star Matthews, Charles G. Waugh | Sam Teddy Publishing | 978-1-935573-59-3 | $24.95?$: US dollar |
428 | 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 | |
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| Pseudopod, #395 | 2014-07-17 | ed. Shawn Garrett | Escape Artists, Inc. | $0.00?$: US dollar |
digital audio download?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts. |
mag | |
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| 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 | |
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| The Shadow Over Innsmouth | 2015-02-00 | ed. S. T. Joshi | PS Publishing (Lovecraft Illustrated #5) | 978-1-84863-735-1 | £20.00?£: UK pound |
144 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Pete Von Sholly | |
| Fishhead: The Darker Tales of Irvin S. Cobb | 2016-08-01 | Irvin S. Cobb | Parallel Universe Publications | 978-0-9935742-4-5 | 280 | 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 Second Cthulhu Mythos Megapack | 2016-10-22 | ed. Shawn Garrett | Wildside Press (Megapack) | 978-1-4794-2377-4 | $0.99?$: US dollar |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
anth | |||
| For Mortal Things Unsung | 2017-03-01 | ed. Alex Hofelich | Escape Artists, Inc. | 978-1-370-00161-3 | $9.99?$: US dollar |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
anth | Elizabeth Leggett | |
|
| Lovecrafts dunkle Idole Band I & II | 2018-07-04 | Frank Festa | Festa | 978-3-86552-663-2 | €13.99?€: Euro |
608 | 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. |
omni | Timo Wuerz | |
| Humanoid Horrors | 2020-00-00 | ed. Jeffrey A. Linscott, Jon A. Schlenker, Charles G. Waugh | Sam Teddy Publishing | 978-1-943022-24-3 | $30.95?$: US dollar |
476 | 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 | ||
| Realidades alternativas, November 2022 | 2022-11-00 | ed. Gustavo Terranova | Editora Andarilho (Realidades alternativas #8) | R$35.00?R$: Brazilian real |
78 | ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
mag | Howard V. Brown |
Reviews
- Review by Everett F. Bleiler (1983) in The Guide to Supernatural Fiction