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Title: The Dark Country

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Title: The Dark Country Title Record # 50993
Author: Dennis Etchison
Date: 1981-06-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Series: Jack Martin
Language: English
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Current Tags: horror (1), fantasy (1), murder (1), tourists (1), resort (1), mexico (1) Add Tags

Other Titles

Translations
Year Language Title
1985Translated by E.C.L. Meistermann.
French Le sombre pays
1999Translated by E.C.L. Meistermann.
French Les domaines de la nuit

Awards

Place Year and Award Category
Win 1982 BFA Best Short Story
Win 1982 World Fantasy Best Short Fiction

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Fantasy Tales V4n8, Summer 1981 1981-06-00 ed. Stephen Jones, David A. Sutton Stephen Jones  
£0.75?£: UK pound
52
digest?Digest-size magazine, including both standard digest size, at about 7" by 4.5", and also large digest, such as recent issues of Asimov's, which are about 8.25" by 5.125".
fanzine Dave Carson Checkmark
Fantasy Book, December 1981 1981-12-00 ed. Dennis Mallonee, Nick Smith Fantasy Book Enterprises  
$3.00?$: US dollar
84
quarto?8.5" by 11" magazine, usually saddle-stapled, instead of side-stapled or glued
fanzine Charles Vess Checkmark
The Year's Best Horror Stories: Series X 1982-08-00 ed. Karl Edward Wagner DAW Books (DAW Collectors #493) 0-87997-757-4 / UE1757
$2.50?$: US dollar
240
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
anth Michael Whelan Checkmark
The Year's Best Horror Stories: Series X 1982-08-00 ed. Karl Edward Wagner DAW Books / New American Library of Canada 0-87997-757-4 / UE1757
C$2.75?C$: Canadian dollar
240
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
anth Michael Whelan Checkmark
The Dark Country 1982-10-00 Dennis Etchison Scream/Press 0-910489-00-9
$25.00?$: US dollar
vi+
207
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll J. K. Potter Checkmark
The Dark Country 1982-10-00 Dennis Etchison Scream/Press 0-910489-00-9
$15.00?$: US dollar
vi+
207
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll J. K. Potter  
The Dark Country 1984-09-00 Dennis Etchison Berkley Books 0-425-07136-7
$2.95?$: US dollar
xii+
193
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
coll Checkmark
Les domaines de la nuit 1985-06-00 Dennis Etchison OPTA (OPTA - Galaxie Bis #119) 2-7201-0223-7
F29.00?F: French frank
208
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
coll  
The Year's Best Horror Stories X 1986-09-00 ed. Karl Edward Wagner DAW Books (DAW Collectors #493) 0-88677-160-9 / UE2160
$2.95?$: US dollar
240
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
anth Michael Whelan Checkmark
The Dark Country 1988-05-00 Dennis Etchison Futura 0-7088-3727-1
£2.95?£: UK pound
193
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
coll Checkmark
The Dark Country 1988-06-00 Dennis Etchison Macdonald 0-356-15550-1
£11.95?£: UK pound
xii+
193
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
The Best Horror from Fantasy Tales 1988-10-00 ed. Stephen Jones, David Sutton Robinson 0-948164-73-5
£11.95?£: UK pound
xx+
264
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Chris Achilleos  
The Best Horror from Fantasy Tales 1990-00-00 ed. Stephen Jones, David Sutton Carroll & Graf 0-88184-571-X
$17.95?$: US dollar
xviii+
264
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Tim White Checkmark
Horrorstory: Volume Four 1990-10-00 Karl Edward Wagner Underwood-Miller 0-88733-094-0
$39.95?$: US dollar
641
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
omni Michael Whelan Checkmark
Horrorstory: Volume Four 1991-02-00 Karl Edward Wagner Underwood-Miller 0-88733-095-9
$150.00?$: US dollar
641
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
omni Michael Whelan  
The Dark Country 1991-07-00 Dennis Etchison Pulphouse Publishing (Pulphouse Short Story Paperbacks #21) 1-56146-521-6
$1.95?$: US dollar
47
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
chap Rob Alexander Checkmark
The Dark Country 1991-07-00 Dennis Etchison Pulphouse Publishing (Pulphouse Short Story Hardbacks #13) 1-56146-913-0
$20.00?$: US dollar
47
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
chap  
New Masterpieces of Horror 1996-00-00 ed. John Gregory Betancourt Barnes & Noble Books 1-56619-790-2
$7.98?$: US dollar
xiv+
514
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Ziga Design  
Les domaines de la nuit 1999-02-00 Dennis Etchison Les Belles Lettres (Le Cabinet Noir #26) 2-251-77127-1
F49.00?F: French frank
267
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
coll
Rémi Hamoir?Remi Hamoir
 
The Dark Country 1999-04-00 Dennis Etchison EMR / Alexander Publishing 1-893475-16-6
$17.95?$: US dollar
227
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
coll Lydia Marano  
Talking in the Dark: Selected Stories 2001-03-00 Dennis Etchison Stealth Press 1-58881-017-8
$29.95?$: US dollar
355
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll J. K. Potter  
The Best Horror from Fantasy Tales 2003-08-00 ed. Stephen Jones, David Sutton Carroll & Graf 0-7867-1200-7
$12.00?$: US dollar
x+
268
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
anth Brom  
Talking in the Dark: Selected Stories 2004-00-00 Dennis Etchison Infrapress 0-9742907-6-9
$16.50?$: US dollar
355
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
coll  
Horrorscape 2: New Masterpieces of Horror 2005-08-09 ed. John Gregory Betancourt ibooks 1-4165-0412-5
$6.99?$: US dollar
 
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
anth  
Summer Chills: Strangers in Stranger Lands 2007-06-00 ed. Stephen Jones Carroll & Graf 978-0-7867-1986-0
$14.95?$: US dollar
xiv+
476
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
anth Les Edwards  
The Mammoth Book of Folk Horror 2021-09-07 ed. Stephen Jones Skyhorse Publishing 978-1-5107-4986-3
$16.99?$: US dollar
552
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
anth Smith & Jones  
The Mammoth Book of Folk Horror 2021-09-07 ed. Stephen Jones Skyhorse Publishing 978-1-5107-4987-0
$12.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
anth Smith & Jones  
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