NMLP P-040977 · Point of issue · minted 2026-07-19

The Opener of the Way

Robert Bloch · Arkham House, Sauk City, Wisconsin · 1945

This is Bloch's first book; the volume gathers 22 tales, opening with "By Way of Introduction" and including "Yours Truly, Jack the Ripper" and "The Shambler from the Stars," most having appeared in Weird Tales during the 1930s and 1940s

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New Mexico Literacy Project — Point of issue NMLP P-040977 for "The Opener of the Way" by Robert Bloch (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-040977, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).