And Afterward, the Dark is a collection of stories by author Basil Copper

Basil Copper

Basil Copper is a prolific English writer and former journalist and newspaper editor. He became a fulltime writer in 1970.In addition to horror and detective fiction, Copper is perhaps best known for his series of Solar Pons stories continuing the character created as a tribute to Sherlock Holmes...

. It was released in 1977

1977 in literature

The year 1977 in literature involved some significant events and new books.-Events:*Douglas Adams begins writing for BBC radio.*V. S. Naipaul declines the offer of a CBE....

 and was the author's second collection of stories published by Arkham House

Arkham House

Arkham House is a publishing house specializing in weird fiction founded in Sauk City, Wisconsin in 1939 by August Derleth and Donald Wandrei to preserve in hardcover the best fiction of H.P. Lovecraft. The company's name is derived from Lovecraft's fictional New England city, Arkham. Arkham House...

. It was published in an edition of 4,259 copies. One of the stories, "Camera Obscura", was produced in 1973 for the television series Night Gallery

Night Gallery

Night Gallery is an American anthology series that aired on NBC from 1970 to 1973, featuring stories of horror and the macabre. Rod Serling, who had gained fame from an earlier series, The Twilight Zone, served both as the on-air host of Night Gallery and as a major contributor of scripts, although...

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Contents

And Afterward, the Dark contains the following stories:

1. "Introduction", by Edward Wagenknecht
   Edward Wagenknecht
   Edward Wagenknecht was an American literary critic and teacher, who specialized in 19th century American literature. He wrote and edited many books on literature and movies, and taught for many years at various universities, including the University of Chicago and Boston University...
   
   
2. "The Spider"
3. "The Cave"
4. "Dust to Dust"
5. "Camera Obscura"
6. "The Janissaries of Emilion"
7. "Archives of the Dead"
8. "The Flabby Men"