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Title: Opening the Door

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Title: Opening the Door Title Record # 40231
Author: Arthur Machen
Date: 1931-00-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
Synopsis: A clergyman begins to transcend time and space.
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Current Tags: fantasy (2), transcendence (1), horror (1) Add Tags

Other Titles

Translations
Year Language Title
1965Translated by Denise Hersant
French Un grand vide
1977Translated by Denise Hersant
French Ouvrir la porte
2008Translated by Erik Hauser
German Die Tür öffnet sich ...
2017 Portuguese Ao abrir a porta

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
When Churchyards Yawn 1931-00-00 ed. Cynthia Asquith Hutchinson  
7/6?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).
287
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Checkmark
A Century of Creepy Stories 1934-00-00 ed. uncredited Hutchinson  
3/6?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).
xi+
1178
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
The Cosy Room and Other Stories 1936-03-00 Arthur Machen Rich & Cowan  
7/6?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).
268
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
Holy Terrors 1946-00-00 Arthur Machen Penguin Books 526
1/-?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).
144
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
Travelers in Time, Strange Tales of Man's Journeyings Into the Past and the Future 1947-07-00 ed. Philip Van Doren Stern Doubleday  
$3.50?$: US dollar
483
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
When Churchyards Yawn 1963-00-00 ed. Cynthia Asquith Arrow Books 679
2/6?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).
192
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
Histoires de terreur 1965-05-00 ed. Roland Stragliati OPTA (
Fiction Spécial?Fiction Special
#7)
 
F6.00?F: French frank
248
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".
anth  
De l'autre côté de la porte 1976-02-00 ed. Françoise Martenon, Roland Stragliati Casterman 2-203-22618-8   245
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Palmans  
Histoires d'aberrations 1977-11-03 ed. Jacques Goimard, Roland Stragliati Presses Pocket (La grande anthologie du fantastique #7) 2-266-00425-5   406
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 C. Broutin  
Histoires d'aberrations 1981-08-24 ed. Jacques Goimard, Roland Stragliati Presses Pocket (La grande anthologie du fantastique #7) 2-266-00425-5   406
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 C. Broutin Checkmark
Creepy Stories: A Classic Collection 1994-00-00 ed. uncredited Bracken Books 1-85891-136-2
£5.99?£: UK pound
[vi]+
614
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Image Colour Library  
My Favorite Horror Story 2000-10-00 ed. Mike Baker, Martin H. Greenberg DAW Books (DAW Collectors #1166) 0-88677-914-6
$6.99?$: US dollar
xvi+
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 Koeveks Checkmark
My Favorite Horror Story 2004-05-00 ed. Mike Baker, Martin H. Greenberg BP Books / ibooks 0-7434-8740-0
$12.95?$: US dollar
367
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 John Howe  
Ritual and Other Stories (Expanded) 2004-07-31 Arthur Machen Tartarus Press 1-872621-27-9
£35.00?£: UK pound
xiii+
382
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
The Terror and Other Stories 2005-04-00 Arthur Machen Chaosium (Call of Cthulhu Fiction #6036) 1-56882-175-1
$15.95?$: US dollar
322
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 Harry Fassl Checkmark
Ritual and Other Stories (Expanded) 2006-01-00 Arthur Machen Tartarus Press 1-872621-27-9
£35.00?£: UK pound
xiii+
382
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
My Favorite Horror Story 2007-00-00 ed. Mike Baker, Martin H. Greenberg MJF Books 978-1-56731-905-7   xiv+
258
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Ilona Wellmann Checkmark
My Favorite Horror Story 2007-11-25 ed. Mike Baker, Martin H. Greenberg ibooks 1-59687-199-7
$12.95?$: US dollar
384
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  
Als ich tot war, Band 2 2008-01-00 ed. Erik Hauser, Frank Rainer Scheck Blitz (Blitz Meisterwerke der dunklen Phantastik #2) 978-3-89840-272-9
€17.95?€: Euro
319
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Mark Freier Checkmark
Arthur Machen: Masters of the Weird Tale 2012-06-12 Arthur Machen Centipede Press (Masters of the Weird Tale) 978-1-61347-004-6
$450.00?$: US dollar
1020
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
The Cosy Room and Other Stories 2016-02-16 Arthur Machen Tartarus Press 978-1-905784-81-3
£35.00?£: UK pound
xviii+
189
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Mihály Munkacsy  
O mestre do oculto 2017-00-00 Arthur Machen Clock Tower 978-85-66519-06-8   296
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 Fábio Silva  
The Ghost Box 2017-10-00 ed. Patton Oswalt Hingston & Olsen Publishers (H&O #003) 978-0-9952988-2-8
C$40.00?C$: Canadian dollar
 
other?The publication format is non-standard. The details are usually provided publication notes.
anth Checkmark
The Terror and Other Stories date unknown Arthur Machen Chaosium (Call of Cthulhu Fiction #6036) 1-56882-175-1
$15.95?$: US dollar
322
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 Harry Fassl Checkmark
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