West India Lights
 Dust-jacket illustration by Ronald Clyne for West India Lights | |
| Author | Henry S. Whitehead |
|---|---|
| Cover artist | Ronald Clyne |
| Language | English |
| Genre | fantasy, horror short stories |
| Publisher | Arkham House |
Publication date | 1946 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (Hardback) |
| Pages | 367 pp |
West India Lights is a collection of fantasy and horror short stories by author Henry S. Whitehead. It was released in 1946 and was the second collection of the author's stories to be published by Arkham House. It was published in an edition of 3,037 copies.
Most of the stories had originally appeared in the magazines Weird Tales, Strange Tales, and Amazing Stories.
Contents
West India Lights contains the following tales:
- "The Black Terror"
- "West India Lights"
- "'Williamson'"
- "The Shut Room"
- "The Left Eye"
- "Tea Leaves"
- "The Trap" (with H.P. Lovecraft)
- "The Napier Limousine"
- "The Ravel Pavane"
- "Sea Change"
- "The People of Pan"
- "The Chadbourne Episode"
- "Scar Tissue"
- "'—In Case of Disaster Only'"
- "Bothon" (with H.P. Lovecraft)
- "The Great Circle"
- "Obi in the Caribbean"
References
- Jaffery, Sheldon (1989). The Arkham House Companion. Mercer Island, WA: Starmont House, Inc. p. 19. ISBN 1-55742-005-X.
- Chalker, Jack L.; Mark Owings (1998). The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History, 1923-1998. Westminster, MD and Baltimore: Mirage Press, Ltd. pp. 35–36.
- Joshi, S.T. (1999). Sixty Years of Arkham House: A History and Bibliography. Sauk City, WI: Arkham House. p. 33. ISBN 0-87054-176-5.
- Nielsen, Leon (2004). Arkham House Books: A Collector's Guide. Jefferson, NC and London: McFarland & Company, Inc. pp. 58–59. ISBN 0-7864-1785-4.