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Mr. Margate's Mermaid

1955 · Free to read

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About this issue

This science fiction/fantasy issue contains Robert Bloch's complete novel "Mr. Margate's Mermaid" (originally published 1942-43 in Weird Tales as "Nursemaid to Nightmares" and "Black Barter"), beginning on page 4. A struggling writer hired as a house manager for reclusive millionaire Julius Margate discovers his employer maintains a household of supernatural beings: Margate employs a blind guide, a deaf chauffeur, and harbors Mr. Simpkins, a vampire whom Margate has had dentally extracted to prevent biting. The novel presents Margate as eccentric but generous toward his unusual guests. Also featured: "The Man with Two Lives" by Daniel F. Galouye (novelette); short stories "Four Hours to Eternity" by S. M. Tenneshaw and "Dream Street" by Frank M. Robinson. Edited by William L. Hamling; published by Greenleaf Publishing Company, 1955.

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