This Mortal Coil

Dust-jacket illustration by Ronald Clyne for This Mortal Coil by Cynthia Asquith
Author	Cynthia Asquith
Cover artist	Ronald Clyne
Language	English
Genre	Fantasy, horror
Publisher	Arkham House
Publication date	1947
Publication place	United States
Media type	Print (hardback)
Pages	245 pp

This Mortal Coil is a collection of fantasy and horror short stories by author Cynthia Asquith. It was released in 1947 and was the only collection of the author's stories to be published by Arkham House. It was published in an edition of 2,609 copies.

Contents

This Mortal Coil contains the following tales:

1. "In a Nutshell"
2. "The White Moth"
3. "The Corner Shop"
4. "'God Grante That She Lye Stille'"
5. "The Playfellow"
6. "The Nurse Never Told"
7. "The Lovely Voice"
8. "The First Night"
9. "The Follower"

Adaptations

"God Grante That She Lye Stille" was adapted in 1961 by Robert Hardy Andrews as an episode of the anthology TV series Thriller.

References

• Jaffery, Sheldon (1989). The Arkham House Companion. Mercer Island, WA: Starmont House, Inc. p. 23. ISBN  1-55742-005-X.
• Chalker, Jack L.; Mark Owings (1998). The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History, 1923-1998. Westminster, MD and Baltimore: Mirage Press, Ltd. p. 30.
• Joshi, S.T. (1999). Sixty Years of Arkham House: A History and Bibliography. Sauk City, WI: Arkham House. p. 38. ISBN  0-87054-176-5.
• Nielsen, Leon (2004). Arkham House Books: A Collector's Guide. Jefferson, NC and London: McFarland & Company, Inc. p. 60. ISBN  0-7864-1785-4.