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Title: The Animal Fair Title Record # 62351
Author: Robert Bloch
Date: 1971-05-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
Synopsis: A hitchhiker arrives at a small town and visits the nearby fair, where he is disgusted by the treatment of an ape and promptly leaves. Later that night, caught in a raging storm, he catches a lift with the animal's trainer.
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Current Tags: horror (1), contemporary (1), realism (1) Add Tags

Other Titles

Translations
Year Language Title
1974Translated by Michel Deutsch
French Bobo
1975Translated by Ursula Pommer.
German Die Tierschau
1994Translated by Jari Niittylä
Finnish Apinajuttu

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Playboy, May 1971 1971-05-00 ed. Editors of Playboy        
unknown?The publication record was created from a secondary source and the publication format is unknown.
mag  
The Year's Best Horror Stories No. 2 1972-00-00 ed. Richard Davis Sphere 28606
£0.30?£: UK pound
160
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  
The Year's Best Horror Stories: Series II 1974-07-00 ed. Richard Davis DAW Books (DAW Collectors #109) UY1119
$1.25?$: US dollar
207
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 Hans Arnold Checkmark
Cold Chills 1977-03-00 Robert Bloch Doubleday 0-385-12421-X
$5.95?$: US dollar
ix+
178
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll One Plus One Studio Checkmark
Getting Even: Gripping Tales of Revenge 1978-00-00 ed. Diana King Bobbs-Merrill Company 0-672-52397-3
$8.95?$: US dollar
xiv+
209
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Maury Englander  
Cold Chills 1978-01-00 Robert Bloch Leisure Books 0-8439-0542-5
$1.75?$: US dollar
219
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
Masters of Darkness 1986-00-00 ed. Dennis Etchison Tor 0-812-51763-6    
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  
Masters of Darkness 1986-08-00 ed. Dennis Etchison Tor 0-812-51762-8
$3.95?$: US dollar
xii+
338
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 J. K. Potter Checkmark
Last Rites 1987-00-00 Robert Bloch Underwood-Miller 0-88733-055-X
$80.00?$: US dollar
398
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
The Complete Stories of Robert Bloch, Volume 3: Last Rites 1991-05-00 Robert Bloch Citadel Twilight 0-8065-1227-X
$12.95?$: US dollar
398
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 Kevin Kelly  
Robert Bloch: Appreciations of the Master 1997-00-00 Robert Bloch Tor 0-312-86385-3
$18.95?$: US dollar
382
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
My Favorite Horror Story 2000-10-00 ed. Mike Baker, Martin H. Greenberg DAW Books (DAW Collectors #1166) 0-88677-914-6
$6.99?$: US dollar
xvi+
303
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 Koeveks Checkmark
My Favorite Horror Story 2004-05-00 ed. Mike Baker, Martin H. Greenberg ibooks 0-7434-8740-0
$12.95?$: US dollar
367
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 John Howe  
My Favorite Horror Story 2007-00-00 ed. Mike Baker, Martin H. Greenberg MJF Books 978-1-56731-905-7   xiv+
258
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Ilona Wellmann Checkmark
My Favorite Horror Story 2007-11-25 ed. Mike Baker, Martin H. Greenberg ibooks 1-59687-199-7
$12.95?$: US dollar
384
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  
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