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Title: Dead Call

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Title: Dead Call Title Record # 95281
Author: William F. Nolan
Date: 1976-08-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
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Current Tags: suicide (1), ghosts (1) Add Tags

Other Titles

Translations
Year Language Title
1981Translated by Giuseppe Lippi
Italian Chiamata per il vivo
2015Translated by <a href="https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/se.cgi?arg=Christian%20Jentzsch&amp;type=Name&amp;mode=exact">Christian Jentzsch</a>
German Anruf eines Toten

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Frights 1976-00-00 ed. Kirby McCauley St. Martin's Press  
$8.95?$: US dollar
293
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth George Zeil Checkmark
Wonderworlds 1977-03-00 William F. Nolan Gollancz 0-575-02248-5
£4.50?£: UK pound
192
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
Frights 1977-04-00 ed. Kirby McCauley Gollancz (Gollancz Fantasy & Macabre) 0-575-02260-4
£4.25?£: UK pound
293
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Frights 1977-10-00 ed. Kirby McCauley Warner Books 0-446-79815-0
$1.95?$: US dollar
287
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 George Ziel Checkmark
Wonderworlds 1977-11-00 William F. Nolan Readers Union / The Science Fiction Book Club (UK) 1131   192
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Checkmark
Thrillers, Chillers and Killers 1979-00-00 ed. Helen Hoke Elsevier / Nelson Books 0-525-66633-8
$6.95?$: US dollar
192
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Thrillers, Chillers and Killers 1979-00-00 ed. Helen Hoke J. M. Dent 0-460-06885-7
£4.25?£: UK pound
192
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Alex Brychta  
Wonderworlds 1979-05-00 William F. Nolan Corgi Books / Transworld Publishers 0-552-11081-7
£0.95?£: UK pound
190
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 Tony Roberts Checkmark
Frights 2 1979-08-00 ed. Kirby McCauley Sphere 0-7221-5780-0
£0.85?£: UK pound
159
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 Terry Oakes  
Racconti senza respiro. Volume secondo 1981-06-05 ed. Kirby McCauley Mondadori (Oscar #1365) 20182-2
Lit 4,000?Lit: Italian lira
302
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 Paolo Tassinari , Pierpaolo Vetta  
100 Great Fantasy Short Short Stories 1984-03-09 ed. Isaac Asimov, Terry Carr, Martin H. Greenberg Doubleday 0-385-18165-5
$15.95?$: US dollar
xviii+
311
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth One Plus One Studio Checkmark
Things Beyond Midnight 1984-12-00 William F. Nolan Scream/Press 0-910489-07-6
$15.00?$: US dollar
xxii+
217
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll J. K. Potter  
Things Beyond Midnight 1984-12-00 William F. Nolan Scream/Press 0-910489-07-6
$35.00?$: US dollar
xxii+
217
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll J. K. Potter  
100 Great Fantasy Short Short Stories 1985-08-00 ed. Isaac Asimov, Terry Carr, Martin H. Greenberg Avon 0-380-69917-6
$2.95?$: US dollar
395
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
100 Great Fantasy Short Short Stories 1987-00-00 ed. Isaac Asimov, Terry Carr, Martin H. Greenberg Avon 0-380-69917-6
$3.95?$: US dollar
395
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  
100 Great Fantasy Short Short Stories 1988-09-00 ed. Isaac Asimov, Terry Carr, Martin H. Greenberg Avon 0-380-69917-6
$3.95?$: US dollar
395
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
Short Sharp Shocks 1990-10-00 ed. Julian Lloyd Webber Weidenfeld & Nicolson 0-297-81147-9
£13.00?£: UK pound
241
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Jefferson Godwin  
100 Hair-Raising Little Horror Stories 1993-00-00 ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Al Sarrantonio Barnes & Noble Books 1-56619-056-8
$7.95?$: US dollar
496
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Jack Eckstein Checkmark
100 Hair-Raising Little Horror Stories 1994-04-00 ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Al Sarrantonio Michael O'Mara Books 1-85479-958-4
£14.99?£: UK pound
496
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Jack Eckstein  
The Young Oxford Book of Ghost Stories 1994-09-00 ed. Dennis Pepper Oxford University Press 0-19-278126-X
£12.99?£: UK pound
vi+
314
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Simon Marsden  
100 Hair-Raising Little Horror Stories 1995-00-00 ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Al Sarrantonio Barnes & Noble Books 1-56619-923-9
$4.98?$: US dollar
496
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 Jack Eckstein Checkmark
The Young Oxford Book of Ghost Stories 1996-09-00 ed. Dennis Pepper Oxford University Press 0-19-278145-6
£6.99?£: UK pound
314
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  
100 Hair-Raising Little Horror Stories 1997-00-00 ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Al Sarrantonio Barnes & Noble Books 1-56619-923-9
$4.98?$: US dollar
496
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 Jack Eckstein  
Things Beyond Midnight 2000-11-20 William F. Nolan Babbage Press 1-930235-09-7
$17.95?$: US dollar
284
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 Lydia C. Marano  
Dark Universe: Stories 1951-2001 2001-10-00 William F. Nolan Stealth Press 1-58881-035-6
$29.95?$: US dollar
xxv+
470
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
100 Hair-Raising Little Horror Stories 2003-00-00 ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Al Sarrantonio Sterling Publishing 1-4027-0975-7
$12.95?$: US dollar
496
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  
Frights 2003-04-00 ed. Kirby McCauley ibooks 0-7434-5855-9
$7.99?$: US dollar
287
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 John Picacio  
Dark Universe 2003-12-00 William F. Nolan Leisure Books 0-8439-5190-7
$6.99?$: US dollar
372
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 Marc Raddle Checkmark
Dark Universe: Albträume 2015-09-15 William F. Nolan Festa (Festa Sammlerausgaben)  
€39.99?€: Euro
333
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Alejandro Colucci Checkmark
100 Hair-Raising Little Horror Stories date unknown ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Al Sarrantonio Barnes & Noble Books 1-56619-056-8   496
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Jack Eckstein Checkmark
100 Hair-Raising Little Horror Stories date unknown ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Al Sarrantonio Barnes & Noble Books 1-56619-056-8   496
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Jack Eckstein Checkmark
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