ARTICLES ON AUGUST DERLETH

Contents

      INCIDENT ON A TRAIN
How an event in a writer's life led to four acts of creation!  

      SOMEBODY POINTED EARTH
August Derleth's contribution to science fiction as author and editor  

      THE GHOSTS OF SAUK COUNTY
An examination of two of Derleth's best stories: psychological or supernatural horror? You decide...  

    TWO DEATHS
Two very different treatments of death and revenge in Derleth's stories --
"Mr George" and "Mrs Manifold"  

       A COLLISION OF WORLD-VIEWS
A look at Derleth's 1944 story "The Dweller in Darkness"  

    LAVENDER AND LILAC
A look at ghost stories by August Derleth and Mary Wilkins Freeman  

    THE HENRY DAVID THOREAU POSTAGE STAMP
Derleth's views on the commemoration of his "idol"  

Copyright (c) 2001 John Howard