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Title: The Darker Drink

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Title: The Darker Drink Title Record # 56063
Author: Leslie Charteris
Date: 1947-10-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novelette
Series: Simon Templar
Language: English
Note:
  • "But in all of the countless novels, novelettes and short stories devoted to The Saint, only twice has his creator Leslie Charteris stepped completely over the line separating crime-romance from fantasy and/or science fiction." -- editor's intro to story.
  • Ghostwritten by Cleve Cartmill according to the FictionMags Index.
  • Also appeared as "Dawn" in the 1948 collection Saint Errant, in which all the stories were retitled with women's names. (The story credit in The Fantastic Saint is misleading, as it says "Originally appeared as 'Dawn'.")
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Translations
Year Language Title
1953Translated by an uncredited translator
French "Le Saint" et l'opale maudite

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Thrilling Wonder Stories, October 1947 1947-10-00 ed. Sam Merwin, Jr. Standard Magazines, Inc.  
$0.15?$: US dollar
116
pulp?Magazine using the common pulp size: 6.5" by 9.5". For ISFDB purposes this may also be used as a designation for the quality of the paper. There are some untrimmed pulps that are as large as 8" by 11.75
mag Earle Bergey Checkmark
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, October 1952 1952-10-00 ed. Anthony Boucher, J. Francis McComas Fantasy House, Inc.  
$0.35?$: US dollar
132
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".
mag Chesley Bonestell Checkmark
Fiction, #1 1953-10-00 ed. Editors of Fiction OPTA  
F100?F: French frank
132
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".
mag Checkmark
The Fantastic Saint 1982-09-00 Leslie Charteris Doubleday 0-385-17331-8
$11.95?$: US dollar
x+
180
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll One Plus One Studio Checkmark
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