Title: Lunatic's Broth

Title: Lunatic's Broth Title Record # 76245
Author: Gerald Kersh
Date: 1938-04-00
Type: SHORTFICTION [non-genre]
Length: short story
Language: English

Note: No speculative content. First published in the magazine Courier, Spring 1938, as by P. J. Gahagan.

Synopsis: Kersh recalls his confrontational landlord, Pio Busto, who has a dilemma disposing of his injured dog.

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Year	Title
1938	"Busto Is a Ghost, Too Mean to Give Us a Fright!"
1938	Lunatic's Broth [as by P. J. Gahagan]

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist
Courier, Spring 1938	1938-00-00	ed. Editors of Courier	Norman Kark Publications				unknown^?The publication record was created from a secondary source and the publication format is unknown.	mag
I Got References	1939-10-00	Gerald Kersh	Michael Joseph				hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
I Got References	1939-10-00	Gerald Kersh	S. J. R. Saunders				hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
The Horrible Dummy and Other Stories	1944-10-00	Gerald Kersh	William Heinemann		8/6^?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).	166	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
I Got References	1947-04-00	Gerald Kersh	William Heinemann				hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
The Best of Gerald Kersh	1960-08-22	Gerald Kersh	William Heinemann			viii+ 344	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
The Best of Gerald Kersh	1960-08-22	Gerald Kersh	British Book Service			viii+ 343	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
The Best of Gerald Kersh	1963-07-22	Gerald Kersh	William Heinemann			viii+ 343	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
Nightshade & Damnations	1968-00-00	Gerald Kersh	Fawcett Gold Medal	R1887	$0.60^?$: US dollar	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.	coll	Leo Dillon , Diane Dillon
Nightshade and Damnations	1969-00-00	Gerald Kersh	Coronet	0-340-10839-8	5/-^?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).	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	Josh Kirby
Nightshade and Damnations	2013-04-09	Gerald Kersh	Valancourt Books	978-1-939140-15-9	$14.99^?$: US dollar	166	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 Best of Gerald Kersh	2013-10-17	Gerald Kersh	Faber and Faber (Faber Finds)	978-0-571-30448-6	£14.00^?£: UK pound	viii+ 343	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 Best of Gerald Kersh	2013-10-17	Gerald Kersh	Faber and Faber (Faber Finds)	978-0-571-30449-3	£14.00^?£: UK pound		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	coll
Nightshade and Damnations	2013-11-08	Gerald Kersh	Valancourt Books		$14.99^?$: US dollar	166	ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	coll
Nightshade and Damnations	2019-03-26	Gerald Kersh	Valancourt Books	978-1-948405-35-5	$15.99^?$: US dollar	178	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

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