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Title: The Test Title Record # 1068665
Author: Maurice Level
Date: 1920-00-00
Variant Title of: Confrontation [French] (1910) [may list more publications, awards, reviews, votes and covers]
Type: SHORTFICTION [non-genre]
Length: short story
Language: English
Note: Borderline speculative (but certainly horror): at the climax of the story, a carrion beetle flies from the mouth of the corpse straight to the killer in a manner that seems like a supernatural accusation. First published in Crises, London: A.M. Philpot, 1920.
Synopsis: The magistrate confronts the suspected killer with the corpse of his victim in order to get him to confess.
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Publications

Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Tales of Mystery and Horror 1920-00-00 Maurice Level Robert M. McBride & Company     xiii+
303
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
And the Darkness Falls 1946-04-00 ed. Boris Karloff World Publishing Co.  
$2.75?$: US dollar
ix+
631
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Gaslit Nightmares 2 1991-01-00 ed. Hugh Lamb Futura 0-7088-4876-1
£4.50?£: UK pound
384
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 Richard Jones  
Tales of Mystery and Horror 2008-08-02 Maurice Level Black Mask 978-1-59654-483-3   156
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  
Tales of the Grand Guignol 2012-12-11 Maurice Level Centipede Press 978-1-933618-94-4
$125.00?$: US dollar
436
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
omni Jason C. Eckhardt  
Tales of the Grand Guignol 2013-01-00 Maurice Level Centipede Press 978-1-933618-94-4
$50.00?$: US dollar
515
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
omni David Ho Checkmark
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