The Early Fears is a collection of fantasy and horror short stories by American writer Robert Bloch. It was released in 1994 by Fedogan & Bremer in an edition of 2,400 copies, of which 100 were signed by the author. The collection reprints the stories from Bloch's two earlier collections published by Arkham House, The Opener of the Way and Pleasant Dreams: Nightmares with three additional stories. The stories originally appeared in the magazines Unknown, Weird Tales, Amazing Stories, Strange Stories, Fantasy and Science Fiction, Beyond Fantasy Fiction, Fantastic, Imagination and Swank. The collection includes Bloch's 1959 Hugo Award winning story, "That Hell-Bound Train."
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Contents
- 1The Cloakshort story
- 2Beetlesshort story
- 3The Fiddler's Feeshort story
- 4The Mannikinshort story
- 5The Strange Flight of Richard Claytonshort story
- 6Yours Truly, Jack the Rippershort story
- 7The Seal of the Satyrshort story
- 8The Dark Demonshort story
- 9The Faceless Godshort story
- 10House of the Hatchetshort story
- 11The Opener of the Wayshort story
- 12Return to the Sabbathshort story
- 13The Mandarin's Canariesshort story
- 14Waxworksnovelette
- 15The Feast in the Abbeyshort story
- 16Slave of the Flamesshort story
- 17The Shambler from the Starsshort story
- 18Mother of Serpentsshort story
- 19The Secret of Sebekshort story
- 20The Eyes of the Mummyshort story
- 21One Way to Marsshort story
- 22Sweets to the Sweetshort story
- 23The Dream Makersnovelette
- 24The Sorcerer's Apprenticeshort story
- 25I Kiss Your Shadowshort story
- 26Mr. Steinwayshort story
- 27The Proper Spiritshort story
- 28Catnipshort story
- 29The Cheatersnovelette
- 30Hungarian Rhapsodyshort story
- 31The Lighthouseshort story
- 32The Hungry Housenovelette
- 33Sleeping Beautyshort story
- 34Sweet Sixteenshort story
- 35That Hell-Bound Trainshort story
- 36Enochshort story
- 37The Bedposts of Lifeshort story
- 38The Grab Bagshort story
- 39The Creative Urgeshort story