I was wondering what his first book was

The Fast Acura

Ray's first book was a collection of stories,
'''Dark Carnival''', published by August Derleth's 'Arkham House', in Sauk City, Wisconsin. 1947

see about August Derleth: http://www.derleth.org/

see about '''Dark Carnival''': http://home.wlv.ac.uk/~in5379/books/dark_carn.htm


[This message has been edited by Nard Kordell (edited 04-14-2004).]

Later republished as THE OCTOBER COUNTRY with variations from the original text.