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Title: The Ropy Thing

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Title: The Ropy Thing Title Record # 942347
Author: Al Sarrantonio
Date: 1999-09-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
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Translations
Year Language Title
1999Translated by Évelyne Châtelain
French La drôle de corde
2001 German Das Schnurding

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
999: New Tales of Horror and Suspense 1999-00-00 ed. Al Sarrantonio Hill House Publishers & Cemetery Dance Publications 1-881475-97-2
$125.00?$: US dollar
704
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
999: New Tales of Horror and Suspense 1999-00-00 ed. Al Sarrantonio Hill House Publishers & Cemetery Dance Publications 1-881475-97-2
$350.00?$: US dollar
704
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
999: New Stories of Horror and Suspense 1999-09-00 ed. Al Sarrantonio Avon Books 0-380-97740-0
$27.50?$: US dollar
xviii+
666
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Amy Halperin Checkmark
999: New Stories of Horror and Suspense 1999-10-00 ed. Al Sarrantonio Avon / SFBC  
$13.98?$: US dollar
666
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Amy Halperin  
999: New Stories of Horror and Suspense 1999-10-00 ed. Al Sarrantonio Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-74861-3
£9.99?£: UK pound
xviii+
666
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  
999: New Stories of Horror and Suspense 1999-10-00 ed. Al Sarrantonio Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-74859-1
£16.99?£: UK pound
xviii+
666
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
999: Le livre du millénaire des maîtres du fantastique 1999-11-00 ed. Al Sarrantonio Albin Michel 2-226-11074-7   816
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  
999: New Stories of Horror and Suspense 2000-05-00 ed. Al Sarrantonio New English Library 0-340-74860-5
£7.99?£: UK pound
xix+
828
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  
999: Festmahl des Grauens 2001-03-00 ed. Al Sarrantonio Heyne (Heyne Allgemeine Reihe #13213) 3-453-17753-3
DM 20.00?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
941
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  
999: Twenty-nine Original Tales of Horror and Suspense 2001-10-00 ed. Al Sarrantonio Perennial / HarperCollins 0-380-80518-9
$16.00?$: US dollar
xviii+
666
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 Thomas Stvan  
999: Twenty-nine Original Tales of Horror and Suspense 2003-00-00 ed. Al Sarrantonio Perennial / HarperCollins 0-380-80518-9
$16.95?$: US dollar
xviii+
666
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 Thomas Stvan  
Hornets and Others 2004-04-00 Al Sarrantonio Cemetery Dance Publications 1-58767-098-4
$40.00?$: US dollar
226
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Alan M. Clark  
Creatures: Thirty Years of Monsters 2011-09-06 ed. John Langan, Paul Tremblay Prime Books 978-1-60701-284-9
$14.95?$: 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 Alexey Stiop  
A Little Yellow Book of Fevered Stories 2021-01-09 Al Sarrantonio Crossroad Press (Little Book Series I #10)  
$3.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll  
999: New Stories of Horror and Suspense date unknown ed. Al Sarrantonio New English Library 0-340-74860-5
£7.99?£: UK pound
xix+
828
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
999: New Tales of Horror and Suspense date unknown ed. Al Sarrantonio Perennial / HarperCollins 0-380-80518-9
$16.95?$: US dollar
xviii+
666
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 Thomas Stvan Checkmark
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