This Mortal Coil (book)

Infobox Book
name = This Mortal Coil
title_orig =
translator =


image_caption = Dust-jacket illustration by Ronald Clyne for "This Mortal Coil" by Cynthia Asquith
author = Cynthia Asquith
illustrator =
cover_artist = Ronald Clyne
country = United States
language = English
series =
genre = Fantasy, Horror short stories
publisher = Arkham House
release_date = 1947
english_release_date =
media_type = Print (Hardback)
pages = 245 pp
isbn = NA
preceded_by =
followed_by =

"This Mortal Coil" is a collection of fantasy and horror short stories by author Cynthia Asquith. It was released in 1947 and was the only collection of the author's stories to be published by Arkham House. It was published in an edition of 2,609 copies.

Contents

"This Mortal Coil" contains the following tales:

# "In a Nutshell"
# "The White Moth"
# "The Corner Shop"
# "'God Grante That She Lye Stille'"
# "The Playfellow"
# "The Nurse Never Told"
# "The Lovely Voice"
# "The First Night"
# "The Follower"

References

*cite book | last=Jaffery | first=Sheldon | authorlink=Sheldon Jaffery | title=The Arkham House Companion | location=Mercer Island, WA | publisher=Starmont House, Inc.| pages=23| date=1989 | id=ISBN 1-55742-005-X
*cite book | last=Chalker | first=Jack L. | authorlink=Jack L. Chalker | coauthors=Mark Owings | title=The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History, 1923-1998 | location=Westminster, MD and Baltimore | publisher=Mirage Press, Ltd.| pages=30 | date=1998
*cite book | last=Joshi | first=S.T. | authorlink=S.T. Joshi | title=Sixty Years of Arkham House: A History and Bibliography | location=Sauk City, WI | publisher=Arkham House| pages=38| date=1999 | id=ISBN 0-87054-176-5
*cite book | last=Nielsen | first=Leon | title=Arkham House Books: A Collector's Guide | location=Jefferson, NC and London | publisher=McFarland & Company, Inc.| pages=60 | date=2004 | id=ISBN 0-7864-1785-4