Six of the book's tales came from the pages of 'The Unique Magazine.' The remainder was the work of two men whose work was also published in Weird Tales, though their story for this book came from Strange Stories. Edited by Vic Ghidalia, The Mummy Walks Among Us is a collection of stories, seven in all, about the undead. Who knew as a child that for a mere 75 cents, you could lay your hands on what amounted to an issue of the long-defunct magazine Weird Tales ? Yet that's just what The Mummy Walks Among Us and other books like it represented. There were other companies that published books specifically for the grade-school market. For little money, you could order cartoon books, puzzle books, children's mysteries, anthologies, mythology, non-fiction, and even classics in paperback. One fond memory of school days for Baby Boomers was the annual arrival of the Scholastic Books catalog and order form. I hear from a reader, though, that the artist is Ken Barr. The name of the cover artist is nowhere to be found in this book or on its cover.

'The Mutant Legacy' by Roberta Ghidalia (1977)įeast of Fear, edited by Vic Ghidalia, a collection of ten tales, three of which are from Weird Tales. 'Waxworks' by Robert Bloch ( Weird Tales, Jan.

Lovecraft and August Derleth ( The Dark Brotherhood and Other Pieces, 1966) Benson ( The Room in the Tower and Other Stories, 1912) 'The Dead Man' by Fritz Leiber ( Weird Tales, Nov. 'Music from the Dark' by Cornell Woolrich ( Dime Mystery Magazine, 1935 as 'Dark Melody of Madness') 'The Striding Place' by Gertrude Atherton ( The Bell and the Fog, 1905) 'The Screaming Skull' by Marion Crawford ( Wandering Ghosts, 1911) 'Masquerade' by Henry Kuttner ( Weird Tales, May 1942) Perma-Bound produces books that last seven to ten times longer than ordinary paperbacks.Without introduction (because the book doesn't have one, nor any of the stories in it), here is: was the first to offer laminated book covers in the mid-1960s, and its patented binding is renowned for durability. Minor age wear and some handling use.Ī pioneer in the library-binding industry, Perma-Bound Inc. Perma-Bound reinforced paperback book made for libraries. Benson, and The Nameless Mummy by Arlton Eadie.Ĭondition: Good. It includes: The Man In Crescent Terrace by Seabury Quinn, A Visitor From Egypt by Frank Belknap Long, The Mummy's Foot by Théophile Gautier, The Eyes Of The Mummy by Robert Bloch, The Vengeance Of Ai by August Derleth & Mark Schorer, Monkeys by E.F.

Each story is loosely related to the topic and is a great pulp-story collection. The Mummy Walks Among Us is an anthology of stories edited by Vic Ghidalia.

Eight Strange Tales by Vic Ghidalia