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Title: The Black, Dead Thing Title Record # 86790
Author: Frank Belknap Long
Date: 1933-10-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
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Other Titles

Variant Titles Translations
Year Title
1933 The Black, Dead Thing [as by Frank Belknap Long, Jr.]
1946 Second Night Out
Year Language Title
1965Translated by Poul Ib Liebe
Danish
Den anden nat til søs?Den anden nat til soes
1967Translated by an unknown hand
French La Deuxième nuit en mer
1967Translated by Luisa Ripoll and Salvador Bordoy Luque
Spanish La segunda noche en el mar [as by Frank Belknap Long, Jr.]
1977Translated by Jacques Parsons
French La seconde nuit
1991Translated by Maria Regina Perissinotto
Italian La seconda notte fuori

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Weird Tales, October 1933 1933-10-00 ed. Farnsworth Wright Popular Fiction Publishing Co.  
$0.25?$: 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 M. Brundage  
The Hounds of Tindalos 1946-00-00 Frank Belknap Long Arkham House  
$3.00?$: US dollar
316
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Hannes Bok Checkmark
Tales of the Undead: Vampires and Visitants 1947-00-00 ed. Elinore Blaisdell Thomas Y. Crowell  
$3.50?$: US dollar
ix+
372
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Checkmark
The Hounds of Tindalos 1950-00-00 Frank Belknap Long Museum Press  
8/6?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).
352
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Mervyn Peake  
Stories for Late at Night 1961-00-00 ed. Alfred Hitchcock Random House  
$5.95?$: US dollar
469
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Fred Banbery  
Stories for Late at Night 1962-00-00 ed. Alfred Hitchcock Max Reinhardt  
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).
500
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Bernard Blatch Checkmark
12 Stories for Late at Night 1962-07-00 ed. Alfred Hitchcock Dell 9178
$0.50?$: US dollar
223
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 Fred Banbery  
Stories for Late at Night: Part One 1964-00-00 ed. Alfred Hitchcock Pan Books X344
3/6?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).
285
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 Glenn Steward  
Davy Jones' Haunted Locker: Great Ghost Stories of the Sea 1965-00-00 ed. Robert Arthur Random House  
$3.95?$: US dollar
[10]+
204
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Joseph Cellini Checkmark
Stories for Late at Night: Part One 1965-00-00 ed. Alfred Hitchcock Pan Books X344
3/6?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).
285
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 Glenn Steward Checkmark
14 godnathistorier 1965-00-00 ed. Alfred Hitchcock Hasselbalch     255
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Fred Banbery  
12 Stories for Late at Night 1966-06-00 ed. Alfred Hitchcock Dell 9178
$0.50?$: US dollar
223
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 Hoot von Zitzwitz  
Famous Monster Tales 1967-00-00 ed. Basil Davenport Van Nostrand Reinhold 1983
$4.75?$: US dollar
201
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Thomas Ruzicka Checkmark
Cuentos para la madrugada 1967-00-00 ed. Alfred Hitchcock Aguilar (El Lince Astuto)     867
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Les chefs-d'œuvre du fantastique?Les chefs-d'oeuvre du fantastique
1967-00-00 ed. Jacques Bergier, Alex Grall, Jacques Sternberg Planète (Anthologie Planète)     480
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Christian Broutin  
Ten Tales Calculated To Give You Shudders 1972-00-00 ed. Ross R. Olney Whitman / Western Publishing Company (Whitman Classics #1617) 0-307-01617-X   212
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Gordon Johnson Checkmark
12 Stories for Late at Night 1972-11-00 ed. Alfred Hitchcock Dell 9178
$0.75?$: US dollar
223
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 Hoot von Zitzwitz Checkmark
Cuentos para la madrugada 1973-00-00 ed. Alfred Hitchcock Aguilar (El Lince Astuto) 84-03-68080-5   914
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
The Hounds of Tindalos 1975-07-00 Frank Belknap Long Panther 0-586-04181-8
£0.50?£: UK pound
171
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.
coll Bruce Pennington Checkmark
The Early Long 1975-12-00 Frank Belknap Long Doubleday 0-385-05563-3
$7.95?$: US dollar
xxviii+
211
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Peter Rauch Checkmark
The Early Long 1976-10-13 Frank Belknap Long Robert Hale (Hale SF) 0-7091-5854-8   xxviii+
211
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Grahame Tucker Checkmark
Le druide noir 1977-00-00 Frank Belknap Long Marabout (
Bibliothèque Marabout - Fantastique?Bibliotheque Marabout - Fantastique
#634)
    183
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.
coll  
The Hounds of Tindalos 1978-11-00 Frank Belknap Long Jove / HBJ 0-515-04655-8
$1.75?$: US dollar
284
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.
coll Rowena Morrill Checkmark
Ten Tales Calculated To Give You Shudders 1979-00-00 ed. Ross R. Olney Golden Press / Western Publishing Company 0-307-21617-9
$1.25?$: US dollar
212
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 Hal Frenck  
L'universo della paura 1991-03-00 Frank Belknap Long Mondadori (Omnibus) 88-04-34882-8
Lit 25,000?Lit: Italian lira
408
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll J. K. Potter  
Sea-Cursed: Thirty Terrifying Tales of the Deep 1994-05-00 ed. Stefan Dziemianowicz, Martin H. Greenberg, T. Liam McDonald Barnes & Noble Books 1-56619-191-2
$9.98?$: US dollar
xii+
545
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Lynn J. Binder Checkmark
Weird Tales, October 1933 2005-00-00 ed. Farnsworth Wright Girasol Collectables  
$35.00?$: 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
anth M. Brundage Checkmark
Frank Belknap Long: Masters of the Weird Tale 2010-10-00 Frank Belknap Long Centipede Press (Masters of the Weird Tale) 978-1-933618-71-5
$225.00?$: US dollar
1100
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
The Second Haunts & Horrors Megapack 2016-01-05 ed. uncredited Wildside Press (Megapack) 978-1-4794-0799-6
$0.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
anth  
The 8th Golden Age of Weird Fiction Megapack: Frank Belknap Long, Volume 1 2016-09-13 Frank Belknap Long Wildside Press 978-1-4794-2325-5
$0.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll  
The Golden Age of Weird Fiction: Frank Belknap Long: Volume One 2016-09-20 Frank Belknap Long Wildside Press 978-1-4794-2326-2
$19.99?$: US dollar
325
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 Checkmark
Weird Tales (disc 3, part 2) 2019-00-00 ed. uncredited        
unknown?The publication record was created from a secondary source and the publication format is unknown.
anth  
HorrorBabble's Ultimate Weird Tales Collection, Volume III 2020-02-11 ed. Ian Gordon HorrorBabble  
$29.95?$: US dollar
 
digital audio download?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts.
anth  
Frank Belknap Long 2022-05-00 Frank Belknap Long Centipede Press (The Centipede Press Library of Weird Fiction) 978-1-61347-300-9
$60.00?$: US dollar
808
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Jason C. Eckhardt , Tom Collins (photographer) Checkmark
Horror at Sea: 15 Nautical Nightmares 2023-09-08 ed. Ian Gordon HorrorBabble  
$19.95?$: US dollar
 
digital audio download?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts.
anth  
12 Stories for Late at Night date unknown ed. Alfred Hitchcock Dell 9178
$0.75?$: US dollar
223
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 Hoot von Zitzwitz  
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