The Purple Pterodactyls. The Adventures of W. Wilson Newbury, Ensorcelled Financier

Being the adventures of W. Wilson Newbury, mild-mannered - and mildly ensorcelled - gentleman banker. L. Sprague de Camp, winner of the Gandalf Award as a Grand Master of Fantasy, reveals within these pages the curious story of his friendship with W. Wilson "Willy" Newbury, for whom the realm of the supernatural seems to have a strange affinity... A horse discloses its violent - non-equine - past. A manufacturer reveals a particularly unacceptable form of non-union labour. Formaldehyde is shown to be a better preservative than even its inventor would have hoped. A game of chances takes on serious overtones, and all for a most unlikely prize...