A. Merritt
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Pseudonyms:
Titles:
Anthologies
- 1990. The Challenge from Beyond
- 1990. The Challenge from Beyond
- 2020. Zauberer und dunkle Götter
- 2020. Der Fluch uralter Götter
Chapter Books
- 1932. Thru the Dragon Glass
- 1937. Three Lines of Old French
- 1948. Rhythm of the Spheres
- 1948. The Drone Man
- 1948. The People of the Pit
- 1948. Woman of the Wood
- 1954. The Challenge from Beyond
- 2020. The Challenge from Beyond Drafts
Collections
- 1949. The Fox Woman and Other Stories
- 1984. La femme du bois
- 2011. The Women of the Wood & The Fox Woman
- 2011. Through the Dragon Glass and Other Stories
- 2012. The Pool of the Stone God and Other Tales
- 2014. The A. Merritt Megapack: 19 Classic Novels and Stories
- 2018. The Face in the Abyss and Other Fantastic Tales
Essays
- 1929. Letter (Weird Tales, October 1929)
- 1930. The Men Who Make the Argosy (Argosy, October 25, 1930)
- 1932. A. Merritt on Modern Witchcraft
- 1932. Concerning "Burn, Witch, Burn"
- 1935. Letter (Weird Tales, November 1935): Concise Comments
- 1940. Man and the Universe
- 1940. A. Merritt
- 1942. "The Most Marryin' Man o' the Mountains"
- 1942. A Tribute
- 1942. Behind the Big Guns of the Double Trucks
- 1942. How Solomon Became a Horse Trader
- 1942. How We Found Circe
- 1942. How We Found Circe - Who Turned Men Into Swine
- 1942. Inside Story of the Three White Rajahs of Sarawak
- 1942. Murder Under the Northern Lights
- 1942. Our Fight for Sister Kenney - Foe of Infantile Paralysis
- 1942. Peculiar Problems of Your Editor and His Staff
- 1942. Planning an Expedition to the Moon
- 1942. Queen Geraldine—A Royal Cloud with a Golden Lining
- 1942. The Great Stone Dog That Howled King Solomon's Doom
- 1942. The Most Marryin' Man's Search for Cynthia, His Lost Love
- 1942. The Star to Which We Hitch Our Editorial Wagon
- 1942. The Story Behind Our Science Pages
- 1942. The Story Behind the Housewife's Food Almanac
- 1942. The Story Behind the Woodcut Pages
- 1942. Why There's No Fiction in Our Love and Sex Stories
- 1985. A. Merritt's Own Selected Credo
- 1985. A. Merritt—His Life and Times
- 1985. An Autobiography of A. Merritt
- 1985. Background of "Burn, Witch, Burn"
- 1985. Background of "Creep, Shadow!"
- 1985. Background of "Dwellers in the Mirage"
- 1985. Letter to Mr. Louis De Casanova, July 23, 1931
- 1985. Letters and Correspondence
- 1985. What is Fantasy?
- 2022. Concerning Burn, Witch, Burn!
- 2024. Merritt Autobiography
Interviews
Non-fiction
Novels
- 1919. The Moon Pool
- 1926. The Ship of Ishtar
- 1928. Seven Footprints to Satan
- 1928. 7 Footprints to Satan
- 1930. The Snake Mother
- 1931. The Face in the Abyss
- 1932. Dwellers in the Mirage
- 1933. Burn Witch Burn!
- 1933. Burn Witch, Burn!
- 1933. Burn, Witch, Burn!
- 1934. Cosmos
- 1934. Creep, Shadow!
- 1935. Creep, Shadow, Creep!
- 1935. De poppen van madame Mandilip
- 1945. The Metal Monster
- 1946. The Fox Woman and The Blue Pagoda
- 1947. Creep, Shadow Creep!
- 1947. The Black Wheel
- 1948. Het Schip van Ishtar
- 1956. Die Puppen der Madame Mandilip
- 1957. Face in the Abyss
- 1971. Burn Witch Burn
- 1972. Creep Shadow Creep
- 1973. Flieh, Hexe, flieh!
- 1977. Gli Abitatori del Miraggio
- 1977. Schiff der Ischtar
- 1977. König der zwei Tode
- 1978. Die Königin der Schatten
- 1978. Il vascello di Ishtar
- 1980. Die Schlangenmutter
- 2015. Cosmos
Omnibuses
- 1952. Seven Footprints to Satan / Burn Witch Burn!
- 1953. Dwellers in the Mirage and The Face in the Abyss
- 1971. Les habitants du mirage / Sept pas vers Satan
- 1976. The Fox Woman and The Blue Pagoda and The Black Wheel
- 1993. Les mondes perdus
- 1996. Burn, Witch, Burn! / Creep, Shadow, Creep!
- 1997. Œuvres complètes. 1
- 1998. Œuvres complètes. 2
- 2004. Hexen & Teufel: Ein satanisches Lesebuch
Poems
- Unknown. The Wind Trail
- 1904. The Birth of Art
- 1910. Song for Wood Horns
- 1940. The Silver Birches
- 1941. Old Trinity Churchyard (5 A. M. Spring)
- 1973. Sylvane - The Silver Birches
- 1974. In the Cathedral
- 1985. 2000 (The Triple Cities)
- 1985. A Song for Christmas
- 1985. Behold the Night He Cometh
- 1985. Castle of Dreams
- 1985. Comic Ragtime Tune
- 1985. Court of the Moon (fragment)
- 1985. Dream Song
- 1985. Eheu Fugaces ...
- 1985. I Wonder Why?
- 1985. In the Subway
- 1985. L'envoi to Life
- 1985. Madonna
- 1985. My Heart and I
- 1985. Piddling Pete
- 1985. Runes
- 1985. Screens
- 1985. Silvane—The Silver Birches
- 1985. Sir Barnabas
- 1985. Song for Wood Horn...
- 1985. The Ballad of the Cub
- 1985. The Ladies of the Walnut Tree (A Legend of Tuscany) (fragments)
- 1985. The Winged Flames
- 1985. Think of Me
- 1985. You Looked at Me
- 2015. Old Trinity Churchard
Reviews
- 1931. The Face in the Abyss
- 1931. The Face in the Abyss
- 1932. Dwellers in the Mirage
- 1932. Dwellers in the Mirage
- 1932. The Moon Pool
- 1933. Burn, Witch, Burn
- 1935. Creep, Shadow!
- 1942. Seven Footprints to Satan
- 1947. The Fox Woman and The Blue Pagoda
- 1947. The Fox Woman and The Blue Pagoda
- 1948. The Black Wheel
- 1948. The Black Wheel
- 1948. The Fox Woman and the Blue Pagoda
- 1948. The Black Wheel
- 1949. The Black Wheel
- 1949. The Fox Woman and Other Stories
- 1949. The Fox Woman and The Blue Pagoda
- 1949. The Black Wheel
- 1950. The Ship of Ishtar
- 1950. The Ship of Ishtar
- 1951. The Ship of Ishtar
- 1951. Dwellers in the Mirage
- 1952. Dwellers in the Mirage
- 1953. Burn, Witch, Burn!
- 1953. Creep, Shadow!
- 1953. Dwellers in the Mirage
- 1953. Seven Footprints to Satan
- 1953. The Black Wheel
- 1953. The Face in the Abyss
- 1953. The Fox Woman and The Blue Pagoda
- 1953. The Moon Pool
- 1953. The Ship of Ishtar
- 1953. Dwellers in the Mirage and the Face in the Abyss
- 1953. Dwellers in the Mirage
- 1953. The Face in the Abyss
- 1953. Dwellers in the Mirage and The Face in the Abyss
- 1956. The Moon Pool
- 1957. The Moon Pool
- 1957. The Face in the Abyss
- 1957. The Metal Monster
- 1957. The Ship of Ishtar
- 1958. Face in the Abyss
- 1958. The Metal Monster
- 1958. The Moon Pool
- 1958. Seven Footprints to Satan
- 1962. The Face in the Abyss
- 1962. The Moon Pool
- 1962. Dwellers in the Mirage
- 1967. Dwellers in the Mirage
- 1975. The Metal Monster
- 1976. Seven Footprints to Satan
- 1976. Seven Footprints to Satan
- 1976. The Fox Woman and the Blue Pagoda; The Black Wheel
- 1977. The Fox Woman and The Blue Pagoda & The Black Wheel
- 1977. The Fox Woman and The Blue Pagoda & The Black Wheel
- 1977. The Fox Woman and The Blue Pagoda & The Black Wheel
- 1977. The Fox Woman and Other Stories
- 1977. The Fox Woman and Other Stories
- 1978. The Fox Woman & Other Stories
- 1978. The Fox Woman and Other Stories
- 1979. The Story Behind the Story
- 1979. The Story Behind the Story
- 1979. The Fox Woman & Other Stories
- 1979. The Fox Woman, and Other Stories
- 1979. The Fox Woman, and Other Stories
- 1982. The Black Wheel
- 1983. Burn, Witch, Burn!
- 1983. Creep, Shadow!
- 1983. Dwellers in the Mirage
- 1983. The Black Wheel
- 1983. The Challenge from Beyond
- 1983. The Drone
- 1983. The Face in the Abyss
- 1983. The Fox Woman
- 1983. The Fox Woman and Other Stories
- 1983. The Fox Woman and The Blue Pagoda
- 1983. The Metal Monster
- 1983. The Moon Pool
- 1983. The Ship of Ishtar
- 1983. The White Road
- 1983. The Woman of the Wood
- 1983. Three Lines of Old French
- 1983. Thru the Dragon Glass
- 1983. When Old Gods Wake
- 1985. A. Merritt: Reflections in the Moon Pool
- 1988. Dwellers in the Mirage
- 1988. The Ship of Ishtar
- 1990. The Challenge from Beyond
- 1991. The Challenge from Beyond
- 1991. The Face in the Abyss
- 1991. The Face in the Abyss
- 1991. The Metal Monster
- 1991. The Moon Pool
- 1991. The People of the Pit
- 1991. The Snake Mother
- 1991. The Face in the Abyss
- 1991. The Face in the Abyss
- 1992. The Ship of Ishtar
- 1992. The Face in the Abyss
- 1992. The Face in the Abyss
- 1992. Dwellers in the Mirage
- 1993. The Moon Pool
- 1996. The Face in the Abyss
- 1996. The Fox Woman and Other Stories
- 1996. The Metal Monster
- 1996. The Ship of Ishtar
- 1997. The Ship of Ishtar
- 1998. Rhythm of the Spheres
- 1998. The Drone Man
- 1998. The Face in the Abyss
- 1998. The Moon Pool
- 1998. The People of the Pit
- 2002. The Metal Monster
- 2003. The Metal Monster
- 2005. The Moon Pool
- 2005. Creep, Shadow!
- 2009. The Ship of Ishtar
Serials
- 1919. The Conquest of the Moon Pool (Part 1 of 6)
- 1919. The Conquest of the Moon Pool (Part 2 of 6)
- 1919. The Conquest of the Moon Pool (Part 3 of 6)
- 1919. The Conquest of the Moon Pool (Part 4 of 6)
- 1919. The Conquest of the Moon Pool (Part 5 of 6)
- 1919. The Conquest of the Moon Pool (Part 6 of 6)
- 1920. The Metal Monster (Part 1 of 8)
- 1920. The Metal Monster (Part 2 of 8)
- 1920. The Metal Monster (Part 3 of 8)
- 1920. The Metal Monster (Part 4 of 8)
- 1920. The Metal Monster (Part 5 of 8)
- 1920. The Metal Monster (Part 6 of 8)
- 1920. The Metal Monster (Part 7 of 8)
- 1920. The Metal Monster (Part 8 of 8)
- 1924. The Ship of Ishtar (Part 1 of 6)
- 1924. The Ship of Ishtar (Part 2 of 6)
- 1924. The Ship of Ishtar (Part 3 of 6)
- 1924. The Ship of Ishtar (Part 4 of 6)
- 1924. The Ship of Ishtar (Part 5 of 6)
- 1924. The Ship of Ishtar (Part 6 of 6)
- 1927. The Moon Pool (Part 1 of 3)
- 1927. The Moon Pool (Part 2 of 3)
- 1927. The Moon Pool (Part 3 of 3)
- 1927. Seven Footprints to Satan (Part 1 of 5)
- 1927. Seven Footprints to Satan (Part 2 of 5)
- 1927. Seven Footprints to Satan (Part 3 of 5)
- 1927. Seven Footprints to Satan (Part 4 of 5)
- 1927. Seven Footprints to Satan (Part 5 of 5)
- 1927. The Metal Emperor (Part 1 of 11)
- 1927. The Metal Emperor (Part 2 of 11)
- 1927. The Metal Emperor (Part 3 of 11)
- 1928. The Metal Emperor (Part 4 of 11)
- 1928. The Metal Emperor (Part 5 of 11)
- 1928. The Metal Emperor (Part 6 of 11)
- 1928. The Metal Emperor (Part 7 of 11)
- 1928. The Metal Emperor (Part 8 of 11)
- 1928. The Metal Emperor (Part 9 of 11)
- 1928. The Metal Emperor (Part 10 of 11)
- 1928. The Metal Emperor (Part 11 of 11)
- 1930. The Snake Mother (Part 1 of 7)
- 1930. The Snake Mother (Part 2 of 7)
- 1930. The Snake Mother (Part 3 of 7)
- 1930. The Snake Mother (Part 4 of 7)
- 1930. The Snake Mother (Part 5 of 7)
- 1930. The Snake Mother (Part 6 of 7)
- 1930. The Snake Mother (Part 7 of 7)
- 1932. Dwellers in the Mirage (Part 1 of 6)
- 1932. Dwellers in the Mirage (Part 2 of 6)
- 1932. Dwellers in the Mirage (Part 3 of 6)
- 1932. Dwellers in the Mirage (Part 4 of 6)
- 1932. Dwellers in the Mirage (Part 5 of 6)
- 1932. Dwellers in the Mirage (Part 6 of 6)
- 1932. "Burn, Witch, Burn" (Part 1 of 6)
- 1932. "Burn, Witch, Burn" (Part 2 of 6)
- 1932. "Burn, Witch, Burn" (Part 3 of 6)
- 1932. "Burn, Witch, Burn" (Part 4 of 6)
- 1932. "Burn, Witch, Burn" (Part 5 of 6)
- 1932. "Burn, Witch, Burn" (Part 6 of 6)
- 1933. The Woman of the Wood (Part 1 of 2)
- 1933. The Woman of the Wood (Part 2 of 2)
- 1934. Cosmos: Chapter 11: The Last Poet and the Robots (Part 11 of 18)
- 1934. Creep, Shadow! (Part 1 of 7)
- 1934. Creep, Shadow! (Part 2 of 7)
- 1934. Creep, Shadow! (Part 3 of 7)
- 1934. Creep, Shadow! (Part 4 of 7)
- 1934. Creep, Shadow! (Part 5 of 7)
- 1934. Creep, Shadow! (Part 6 of 7)
- 1934. Creep, Shadow! (Part 7 of 7)
- 1935. The Challenge from Beyond (Part 2 of 5)
- 1938. The Ship of Ishtar (Part 1 of 6)
- 1938. The Ship of Ishtar (Part 2 of 6)
- 1938. The Ship of Ishtar (Part 3 of 6)
- 1938. The Ship of Ishtar (Part 4 of 6)
- 1938. The Ship of Ishtar (Part 5 of 6)
- 1938. The Ship of Ishtar (Part 6 of 6)
- 1939. Seven Footprints to Satan (Part 1 of 5)
- 1939. Seven Footprints to Satan (Part 2 of 5)
- 1939. Seven Footprints to Satan (Part 3 of 5)
- 1939. Seven Footprints to Satan (Part 4 of 5)
- 1939. Seven Footprints to Satan (Part 5 of 5)
- 1939. The Conquest of the Moon Pool (Part 1 of 6)
- 1939. The Conquest of the Moon Pool (Part 2 of 6)
- 1940. The Conquest of the Moon Pool (Part 3 of 6)
- 1940. The Conquest of the Moon Pool (Part 4 of 6)
- 1940. The Conquest of the Moon Pool (Part 5 of 6)
- 1940. The Conquest of the Moon Pool (Part 6 of 6)
- 1940. The Snake Mother (Complete Novel)
- 1940. Rhythm of the Spheres (Part 1 of 2)
- 1941. Rhythm of the Spheres (Part 2 of 2)
- 1941. The Dwellers in the Mirage (Complete Novel)
- 1941. The Metal Monster (Complete Novel)
- 1942. Burn, Witch, Burn! (Complete Novel)
- 1942. Creep, Shadow! (Complete Novel)
- 1948. The Ship of Ishtar (Complete Novel)
- 1948. The Conquest of the Moon Pool (Complete Novel)
- 1949. Seven Footprints to Satan (Complete Novel)
- 1974. Cosmos: Chapter 11a: The Last Poet & The Wrongness of Space (Part 16 of 29)
- 1974. Cosmos: Chapter 11b: The Last Poet & The Wrongness of Space (Part 17 of 29)
Short Fiction
- 1917. Through the Dragon Glass
- 1918. The People of the Pit
- 1918. The Moon Pool
- 1919. Three Lines of Old French
- 1922. The Fox Woman
- 1923. The Face in the Abyss
- 1923. The Pool of the Stone God
- 1926. The Woman of the Wood
- 1932. Thru the Dragon Glass
- 1934. The Drone Man
- 1934. Rhythm of the Spheres
- 1934. The Last Poet & the Wrongness of Space
- 1934. The Last Poet and the Robots
- 1934. The Drone
- 1934. The Drone [excerpt]
- 1935. The Challenge from Beyond
- 1935. The Challenge from Beyond
- 1935. The Challenge from Beyond
- 1941. The Dwellers in the Mirage (original ending)
- 1946. The Whelming of Cherkis (excerpt from The Metal Monster)
- 1948. When Old Gods Wake
- 1948. Woman of the Wood
- 1949. The White Road
- 1954. Trois lignes de vieux français
- 1971. Mord im Geisterwald
- 1974. Drei Zeilen Altfranzösisch
- 1977. The Women of the Wood
- 1978. The Dwellers In The Mirage
- 1981. Gestaltwandler
- 1981. Das Herz des Waldes
- 1985. Bootleg and Witches (fragment)
- 1985. Dwellers in the Mirage (unpublished ending)
- 1985. Pilgrimage, or, Obi Giese
- 1985. The Devil in the Heart (outline)
- 1993. Le défi d'outre-espace
- 2014. The Challenge from Beyond
- 2017. The Ship of Ishtar (Parts I–II)
- 2017. The Face in the Abyss (Chapers I-V) (excerpt)
- 2018. The Metal Monster (prologue-chapter IV)
- 2022. O povo do fosso
- 2023. La donna del bosco
Awards
- 1986. A. Merritt: Reflections in the Moon Pool - Locus Poll Award, Best Non-Fiction/Reference (Nomination)
Genres/Themes:
- lost race (9 books)
- fantasy (8 books)
- weird (6 books)
- horror (5 books)
- Librivox (4 books)
- science fiction (3 books)
- NESFA Core Reading List (3 books)
- Appendix N (3 books)
- fantastic adventure (2 books)
- Fantasy: The 100 Best Books (2 books)
- witches (2 books)
- metal life (1 book)
- reincarnation (1 book)
- Anatomy of Wonder 1 Core Collection (1 book)
- The Seven-League Shelf (1 book)
- magic (1 book)
- occult (1 book)
- New York City (1 book)
- ipulpfiction (1 book)
- Horror: Another 100 Best Books (1 book)
- cavern retreat (1 book)
- robots (1 book)
- antigravity projectors (1 book)
- Disintegrator (1 book)
- invisibility cloak (1 book)
- Google Books (1 book)
- The 5-Parsec Shelf (1 book)
- magic door (1 book)
- monster god (1 book)
- Alternate World (1 book)
- Underworld (1 book)
- first person point of view (1 book)
- story within a story (1 book)
- explorer (1 book)
- shipwreck (1 book)
- South Pacific (1 book)
- stone idol (1 book)
- vampirism (1 book)
- Yukon (1 book)
- rush of gold (1 book)
- telepathy (1 book)
- mind control (1 book)
- genetic engineering (1 book)
- shapechangers (1 book)
- sub-terranean (1 book)
- value of humanity (1 book)
- subterranean (1 book)
- sea adventure (1 book)
- sea (1 book)
- lost world (1 book)
- Cthulhu Mythos (1 book)
- Canada (1 book)
- alien artifact (1 book)
- body snatchers (1 book)
- body swap (1 book)
Resources:
- English Wikipedia article on A. Merritt
- Internet Movie Database (IMDb) article on A. Merritt
- www.gcwillick.com - A. Merritt
- www.warr.org - A. Merritt
- The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction (SFE) article on A. Merritt
- Library of Congress page for A. Merritt
- The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction (SFE) article on A. Merritt