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Title: The Dead Line Title Record # 73396
Author: Dennis Etchison
Date: 1979-10-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
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Other Titles

Translations
Year Language Title
1985ⓘTranslated by E.C.L. Meistermann.
 French
La ligne de démarcation?La ligne de demarcation
1986ⓘTranslated by Anita C. van de Ven
 Dutch Deadline
1990ⓘTranslated by Edda Petri
 German Die Schwelle des Tode

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Whispers #13-14, October 1979 1979-10-00 ed. Stuart David Schiff Stuart David Schiff     128
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 fanzine Checkmark
Whispers #13-14, October 1979 1979-10-00 ed. Stuart David Schiff Stuart David Schiff  
$4.00?$: 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 Steve Fabian Checkmark
The Year's Best Horror Stories Series VIII 1980-07-00 ed. Karl Edward Wagner DAW Books (DAW Collectors #393) 0-87997-549-0 / UJ1549
$1.95?$: US dollar
 221
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 VIII 1980-07-00 ed. Karl Edward Wagner DAW Books / New American Library of Canada 0-87997-549-0 / UJ1549
C$2.25?C$: Canadian dollar
 221
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
Mad Scientists 1980-08-00 ed. Stuart David Schiff Doubleday 0-385-14906-9
$9.95?$: US dollar
 x+
300+
[1]
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Fenimore Checkmark
Whispers III 1981-08-00 ed. Stuart David Schiff Doubleday 0-385-17162-5
$9.95?$: US dollar
 viii+
181
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Tim Kirk Checkmark
Horrors 1981-10-00 ed. Charles L. Grant Playboy Paperbacks 0-87216-905-7
$2.25?$: US dollar
 223
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 Checkmark
The Dark Country 1982-10-00 Dennis Etchison Scream/Press 0-910489-00-9
$25.00?$: US dollar
 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
 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
The Year's Best Horror Stories Series VIII 1986-10-00 ed. Karl Edward Wagner DAW Books 0-88677-158-7
$2.95?$: US dollar
 221
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  
Whispers III 1988-01-00 ed. Stuart David Schiff Jove Books 0-515-09363-7
$3.95?$: US dollar
 xi+
259
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 Marshall Arisman 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  
Intensive Scare 1990-01-00 ed. Karl Edward Wagner DAW Books (DAW Collectors #805) 0-88677-402-0
$3.95?$: US dollar
 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 J. K. Potter Checkmark
Horrorstory: Volume Three 1992-01-00 Gerald W. Page, Karl Edward Wagner Underwood-Miller 0-88733-107-6
$39.95?$: US dollar
 541
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 omni Michael Whelan  
Horrorstory: Volume Three 1992-03-00 Gerald W. Page, Karl Edward Wagner Underwood-Miller 0-88733-108-4
$150.00?$: US dollar
 541
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 omni Michael Whelan  
The Mammoth Book of Frankenstein 1994-00-00 ed. Stephen Jones Robinson 1-85487-330-X
£5.99?£: UK pound
 577
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 Checkmark
The Best of Whispers 1994-11-00 ed. Stuart David Schiff Borderlands Press 1-880325-11-X
$65.00?$: US dollar
 472
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Lee Brown Coye  
The Mammoth Book of Frankenstein 1994-12-00 ed. Stephen Jones Carroll & Graf 0-7867-0159-5
$9.95?$: US dollar
 xiv+
577
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 Checkmark
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 2001-04-00 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  
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  
The Mammoth Book of Frankenstein 2015-08-06 ed. Stephen Jones Robinson 978-1-4721-2017-5
£5.99?£: UK pound
  
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
 anth  
In the Shadow of Frankenstein: Tales of the Modern Prometheus 2016-07-05 ed. Stephen Jones Pegasus Books 978-1-68177-145-8
$27.95?$: US dollar
 xvii+
708
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Jean-Louis-Cesar Lair  
In the Shadow of Frankenstein: Tales of the Modern Prometheus 2016-07-05 ed. Stephen Jones Pegasus Books 14-115986
$20.99?$: US dollar
 xvii+
708
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Jean-Louis-Cesar Lair  
In the Shadow of Frankenstein: Tales of the Modern Prometheus 2017-10-17 ed. Stephen Jones Pegasus Books 978-1-68177-533-3
$17.95?$: US dollar
 752
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 Jean-Louis-Cesar Lair  
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