The Moon Pool
About this ebook
The Moon Pool (1918) – What was the dread cold thing that stole forth from white moonlight—to stalk back with human prey?
Chapter I – The Throckmartin Mystery
Chapter II – Down The Moon Path
Chapter III – Into The Moon Pool
Chapter IV – The Dweller Comes
The Conquest of the Moon Pool (1919) – Beauty incomparable—devilish malignity unspeakable!—what dread secret lay in wait in the lair of the Shining One?
Chapter I – The Dweller
Chapter II – Larry O’Keefe
Chapter III – The Moon Door Opens—and Shuts
Chapter IV – The Moon Pool
Chapter V – “I’d Follow Her Through Hell!”
Chapter VI – Priestess Of The Shining One
Chapter VII – The Angry, Whispering Globe
Chapter VIII – The Lovely Hand Of Lurking Hate
Chapter IX – The Amphitheater Of Hell
Chapter X – “The Ladala Are Awake”
Chapter XI – “These The Silent Ones Summon!”
Chapter XII – The Council’s Decision
Chapter XIII – Dragon Worm And Moss Death
Chapter XIV – The Three Silent Ones
Chapter XV – The Wooing Of Lakla
Chapter XVI – In The Land Of The Dweller
Chapter XVII – In The Beginning
Chapter XVIII – “The Keth Has Power”
Chapter XIX – The Meeting Of Titans
Chapter XX – Von Hetzdorp Strikes!
Afterward – Ponape- The Real “Moon Pool”
The Moon Pool by Abraham Merritt (1884-1943), known as A. Merritt, was originally published as a short story in All-Story Weekly: “The Moon Pool” in 1918. Its novel length sequel, “Conquest of the Moon Pool” followed in 1919. These were then reworked into a novel released in 1919.
The Moon Pool has 15 illustrations.
About the author
Abraham Grace Merritt (1884–1943) – known by his byline, A. Merritt – was born in Beverly, New Jersey.
At 18, Merritt became a cub reporter at The Philadelphia Enquirer. In 1903, he was an inadvertent witness to a major political scandal, and he was hidden away in Mexico for a year. All his expenses paid, he spent his time exploring Mayan ruins, as well as “wenching and learning how to drink.”
On his return, he resumed his job at The Philadelphia Enquirer. In 1912 he was offered a job in New York City, at The American Weekly, the largest circulation Sunday supplement of the time. He remained assistant editor until 1937, then editor until his death by heart attack on August 21, 1943.
Although he only wrote eight novels and a handful of short stories in his career, he is considered one of the giants of imaginative fiction.
