The pair of novellas in this book are among the rich treasure-house of work that August Derleth produced during his most productive period of writing-the late 1930s to the early 1950s. They have remained unpublished until now, and they shed light on the expansive Sac Prairie saga that Derleth spent a lifetime in elaborating. Both are set in Badger Prairie, a town apparently lying northwest of Sac Prairie. "The Dark House" mingles domestic conflict,...