Murgunstrumm and Others

Murgunstrumm and Others is a collection of horror short stories by author Hugh B. Cave. It was released in 1977 by Carcosa in an edition of 2,578 copies of which the 597 copies, that were pre-ordered, were signed by the author and artist. Many of the stories originally appeared in the magazines Strange Tales of Mystery and Terror, Weird Tales, Spicy Mystery Stories, Ghost Stories, Thrilling Mysteries, Black Book Detective Magazine, Argosy, Adventure, Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine and Whispers. It has since been reissued by Wildside Press in trade paperback and hardcover.

Murgunstrumm and Others

Dust-jacket from the first edition
Author	Hugh B. Cave
Illustrator	Lee Brown Coye
Cover artist	Lee Brown Coye
Language	English
Genre	horror short stories
Publisher	Carcosa
Publication date	1977
Publication place	United States
Media type	Print (hardback)
Pages	x, 476 pp
ISBN	0-913796-02-6
OCLC	3684238

The title novella, "Murgunstrumm", was the cover story in the January 1933 issue of Strange Tales

Awards

• 1978, World Fantasy Award, Best Collection/Anthology.^[1]

Contents

• Foreword
• "Murgunstrumm"
• "The Watcher in the Green Room"
• "The Prophecy"
• "The Strange Death of Ivan Gromleigh"
• "The Affair of the Clutching Hand"
• "The Strange Case of No. 7"
• "The Isle of Dark Magic"
• "The Whisperers"
• "Horror in Wax"
• "Prey of the Nightborn"
• "Maxon’s Mistress"
• "Dead Man’s Belt"
• "Boomerang"
• "The Crawling Curse"
• "Purr of a Cat"
• "Tomorrow Is Forever"
• "The Ghoul Gallery"
• "The Cult of the White Ape"
• "The Brotherhood of Blood"
• "The Door of Doom"
• "The Death Watch"
• "The Caverns of Time"
• "Many Happy Returns"
• "Ladies in Waiting"
• "The Grisley Death"
• "Stragella"

Reprints

• 2004, United States, Wildside Press ISBN 0-8095-0069-8, Pub date November, 2004, Paperback, print on demand