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The Events at Poroth Farm
| Author: | T. E. D. Klein |
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Necronomicon Press, 1990 From Beyond the Dark Gateway, 1972 |
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| Book Type: | Novelette |
| Genre: | Fantasy |
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Synopsis
WFA nominated novelette.
The Events at Poroth Farm is a horror novella written by T.E.D Klein, in which Jeremy, a college lecturer, takes a summer vacation in Gilead, New Jersey, to prepare for a course on Gothic literature he'll be teaching in the upcoming semester. He rents an outbuilding from Mennonite couple Sarr and Deborah Poroth, and at first his holiday is happy and productive, but then odd things begin to happen...
It originally appeared in From Beyond the Dark Gateway, December 1972. The story can also be found in the anthologie:
- The Year's Best Horror Stories No. 3 (1973), edited by Richard Davis
- The Year's Best Horror Stories: Series II (1974), edited by Richard Davis
- First World Fantasy Awards (1977), edited by Gahan Wilson
- Return to Lovecraft Country (1997), edited by Scott David Aniolowski
- Eternal Lovecraft: The Persistence of H. P. Lovecraft in Popular Culture (1998), edited by Jim Turner
- American Supernatural Tales (2007), edited by S. T. Joshi
- American Fantastic Tales: Terror and the Uncanny from the 1940's to Now (2009), edited by Peter Straub
The story was expanded to the full novel The Ceremonies (1984). A version of the story can be found in the collection Reassuring Tales (2006).
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