The Caller of the Black

The Caller of the Black

Dust-jacket illustration by Herb Arnold.
Author	Brian Lumley
Cover artist	Herb Arnold
Language	English
Genre	Fantasy, horror
Publisher	Arkham House
Publication date	1971
Publication place	United States
Media type	Print (hardback)
Pages	235

The Caller of the Black is a collection of stories by British writer Brian Lumley. It was released in 1971 and was the author's first collection of stories published by Arkham House. It was published in an edition of 3,606 copies. Many of the stories are of the Cthulhu Mythos.

The Caller of the Black contains the following stories:

• "A Thing About Cars!"
• "The Cyprus Shell"
• "Billy's Oak"
• "The Writer in the Garret"
• "The Caller of the Black"
• "The Mirror of Nitocris"
• "The Night Sea Maid Went Down"
• "The Thing from the Blasted Heath"
• "An Item of Supporting Evidence"
• "Dylath-Leen"
• "De Marigny's Clock"
• "Ambler's Inspiration"
• "In the Vaults Beneath"
• "The Pearl"

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