The Challenge from Beyond

Overview:

  • Title: The Challenge from Beyond
  • Author: H. P. Lovecraft, C. L. Moore, A. Merritt, Robert E. Howard, Frank Belknap Long
  • Year: 1954
  • Publisher: William H. Evans
  • Binding: Pamphlet
  • Type: Chapter Book
  • Title Reference: The Challenge from Beyond
  • Notes: Limited to 65 copies. "[A Weltschmerz Publication/Bill Evans/Franklin Kerkhof, Printer/The Pennsylvania Dutch Cheese Press/February 1954]. Self wrappers [ph]. No statement of printing. Mimeographed, stapled. Cover title. Notes: Published by William H. Evans for distribution through the Fantasy Amateur Press Association (FAPA). Not to be confused with a booklet of identical title and format with a different round-robin story by Stanley G. Weinbaum and others." - Currey
    In 1935, Fantasy Magazine for its 3rd anniversary, asked two groups of five authors to produce a story each around the title "the Challenge From Beyond". This edition is one of the stories. In 1990 Necronomicon Press combined the two stories into one edition.