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''The Opener of the Way'' is a collection of fantasy and horror short stories by author Robert Bloch. It was released in 1945 and was the author's first book. It was published by Arkham House in an edition of 2,065 copies. A British hardcover was issued by Neville Spearman in 1974, with Panther Books issuing a two-volume paperback reprint in 1976.〔(ISFDB publication history ) The second paperback volume was titled ''House of the Hatchet''.〕 An Italian translation, with the stories reordered, appeared in 1991.〔(ISFDB listing )〕 The collection was never reprinted in the United States, but its contents (aside from Bloch's introduction) were included in the 1994 omnibus ''The Early Fears''.〔 Most of the stories had appeared in the magazine ''Weird Tales'' in the 1930s and 1940s. ==Contents== ''The Opener of the Way'' contains the following tales: # "By Way of Introduction" # "The Cloak" # "Beetles" # "The Fiddler's Fee" # "The Mannikin" # "The Strange Flight of Richard Clayton" # "Yours Truly, Jack the Ripper" # "The Seal of the Satyr" # "The Dark Demon" # "The Faceless God" # "The House of the Hatchet" # "The Opener of the Way" # "Return to the Sabbath" # "The Mandarin's Canaries" # "Waxworks" # "The Feast in the Abbey" # "Slave of the Flames" # "The Shambler from the Stars" # "Mother of Serpents" # "The Secret of Sebek" # "The Eyes of the Mummy" # "One Way to Mars" 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Opener of the Way」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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