''Colonel Markesan and Less Pleasant People'' is a collection of stories by American authors

August Derleth August William Derleth (February 24, 1909 – July 4, 1971) was an American writer and anthologist. Though best remembered as the first book publisher of the writings of H. P. Lovecraft, and for his own contributions to the Cthulhu Mythos and th ...

and

Mark Schorer Mark Schorer (May 17, 1908 – August 11, 1977) was an American writer, critic, and scholar born in Sauk City, Wisconsin. Biography Schorer earned an MA at Harvard and his Ph.D. in English at the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1936. Durin ...

writing in collaboration. It was released in

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in an edition of 2,405 copies. The stories were written while the two authors shared a cabin on the

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during the summer of 1931. Most of the stories were published in the magazine ''

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''. Two of the stories, "Colonel Markesan" and "The Return of Andrew Bentley", were adapted for the ''

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'' television series.

''Colonel Markesan and Less Pleasant People'' contains the following tales: * "In the Left Wing" * "Spawn of the Maelstrom" * "The Carven Image" * "The Pacer" * "The Lair of the Star-Spawn" * "Colonel Markesan" * "The Return of Andrew Bentley" * "The Woman at Loon Point" * "Death Holds the Post" * "Laughter in the Night" * "The Vengeance of Aï" * "Red Hands" * "They Shall Rise" * "Eyes of the Serpent" * "The Horror from the Depths" * "The Occupant of the Crypt" * "The House in the Magnolias"

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