Title: The Oblong Room

Title: The Oblong Room Title Record # 95682
Author: Edward D. Hoch
Date: 1967-07-00
Type: SHORTFICTION [non-genre]
Length: short story
Language: English

Note: A non-speculative story of obsession and religion. First published in The Saint Magazine, July 1967.

Synopsis: "Captain Leopold joins his Sergeant to investigate a open and shut case of murder in the college hostel. Ralph Rollings has been found stabbed to death. His roommate Tom McBern was found enclosed with the dead man for 24 hours and he is not willing to make a statement. The only thing they need to convict Tom is a motive and the whole investigation is based on finding that motive." (Arun Kumar)

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Translations

Year	Language	Title
1985^ⓘTranslated by Bernd Lenz.	German	Das längliche Zimmer
1985	Italian	La Stanza Oblunga

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist
Best Detective Stories of the Year: 23rd Annual Collection	1968-00-00	ed. Anthony Boucher	E. P. Dutton		$4.50^?$: US dollar	256	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
A Month of Mystery	1969-00-00	ed. Alfred Hitchcock	Random House			xii+ 403	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
Boucher's Choicest	1969-08-00	ed. Jeanne F. Bernkopf	E. P. Dutton		$5.95^?$: US dollar	320	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
A Month of Mystery: Book Two	1973-00-00	ed. Alfred Hitchcock	Pan Books	0-330-23731-4	£0.30^?£: UK pound	ix+ 241	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 Arbor House Treasury of Horror and the Supernatural	1981-05-00	ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Barry N. Malzberg, Bill Pronzini	Priam Books / Arbor House	0-87795-319-8	$8.95^?$: US dollar	599	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
The Arbor House Treasury of Horror and the Supernatural	1981-05-00	ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Barry N. Malzberg, Bill Pronzini	Arbor House	0-87795-309-0	$19.95^?$: US dollar	599	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Antler & Baldwin, Inc.
Great Tales of Horror & the Supernatural	1985-00-00	ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Barry N. Malzberg, Bill Pronzini	Galahad Books	0-88365-699-X	$8.98^?$: US dollar	597	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
Great Tales of Horror & the Supernatural	1985-00-00	ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Barry N. Malzberg, Bill Pronzini	Castle Books	0-89009-964-2	$19.95^?$: US dollar	597	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
Unheimliches	1985-00-00	ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Barry N. Malzberg, Bill Pronzini	Heyne ( Heyne Jubiläumsbände^?Heyne Jubilaeumsbaende #9)	3-453-37009-0	DM 10.00^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark	732	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	Don Punchatz
Urania #992	1985-03-17	ed. Carlo Fruttero, Franco Lucentini	Mondadori	992	Lit 2,500^?Lit: Italian lira	142	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	Karel Thole
Unheimliches	1988-00-00	ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Barry N. Malzberg, Bill Pronzini	Heyne ( Heyne Jubiläumsbände^?Heyne Jubilaeumsbaende #9)	3-453-37009-0	DM 10.00^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark	732	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	Don Punchatz
Great Tales of Horror & the Supernatural	1988-06-00	ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Barry N. Malzberg, Bill Pronzini	Galahad Books	0-88365-699-X	$9.98^?$: US dollar	597	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
Classic Tales of Horror and the Supernatural	1991-10-00	ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Barry Malzberg, Bill Pronzini	Quill / William Morrow	0-688-10963-2	$15.00^?$: US dollar	599	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	James Victorie
The Giant Book of Horror Stories	1991-11-00	ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Barry N. Malzberg, Bill Pronzini	Magpie Books	1-85487-117-X	£3.99^?£: UK pound	597	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
Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, February 1992	1992-02-00	ed. Editors of Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine	Davis Publications		$2.25^?$: US dollar		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
Great Tales of Horror & the Supernatural	1994-00-00	ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Barry N. Malzberg, Bill Pronzini	Galahad Books	0-88365-699-X	$10.98^?$: US dollar	597	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
Masters of Horror & the Supernatural: The Great Tales	2010-10-16	ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Barry N. Malzberg, Bill Pronzini	Bristol Park Books	978-0-88486-473-8	$14.95^?$: US dollar	576	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
The Arbor House Treasury of Horror and the Supernatural	date unknown	ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Barry N. Malzberg, Bill Pronzini	Priam Books / Arbor House / QPBC			599	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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