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That Hell-Bound Train

"That Hell-Bound Train" is a dark fantasy short story by American writer Robert Bloch. It was originally published in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction in September 1958.

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Genre
Dark fantasy short story
Publication date
September 1958
Publisher
Mercury Publications
Award
Hugo Award for Best Short Story (1959)
Country
United States
Language
English

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That Hell-Bound Train

Nodes22
Edges21
Triples33
Avg. degree1.91
Density0.090909
Components1

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That Hell-Bound Train

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related to Reception · 12
That Hell-Bound Train → Anthony Boucher, Best Short Story, Bloch, Boucher's, Comic Book Resources, Fantasy, Hugo Award, In, Science Fiction, Tenn, The, William Tenn
related to Plot summary · 6
That Hell-Bound Train → Hell-Bound Train, However, In, Martin, One, The
related to External links · 5
That Hell-Bound Train → Fantasy, Internet Archive, Internet Speculative Fiction Database, Science Fiction, The Magazine
Award · 1
That Hell-Bound Train → Hugo Award for Best Short Story (1959)
Country · 1
That Hell-Bound Train → United States
Genre · 1
That Hell-Bound Train → Dark fantasy short story
Language · 1
That Hell-Bound Train → English
Media type · 1
That Hell-Bound Train → Print (Magazine Softcover)
Pages · 1
That Hell-Bound Train → 12
Publication date · 1
That Hell-Bound Train → September 1958

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That Hell-Bound TrainAwardHugo Award for Best Short Story (1959)1.00infobox
That Hell-Bound TrainCountryUnited States1.00infobox
That Hell-Bound TrainGenreDark fantasy short story1.00infobox
That Hell-Bound TrainLanguageEnglish1.00infobox
That Hell-Bound TrainMedia typePrint (Magazine Softcover)1.00infobox
That Hell-Bound TrainPages121.00infobox
That Hell-Bound TrainPublication dateSeptember 19581.00infobox
That Hell-Bound TrainPublication typePeriodical1.00infobox
That Hell-Bound TrainPublished inThe Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction1.00infobox
That Hell-Bound TrainPublisherMercury Publications1.00infobox
That Hell-Bound Trainrelated to External linksInternet Speculative Fiction Database0.60section
That Hell-Bound Trainrelated to External linksThe Magazine0.60section

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