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The Dark Secret of Weatherend (1984)

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Index - Bellairs Corpus

beast under the wizards bridge (13)
bell the book and the spellbinder (10)
chessmen of doom (10)
curse of the blue figurine (21)
dark secret of weatherend (12)
dolphin cross (10)
doom of the haunted opera (13)
drum the doll and the zombie (7)
eyes of the killer robot (10)
face in the frost (61)
figure in the shadows (23)
gargoyle in the dump (2)
ghost in the mirror (13)
hand of the necromancer (10)
house where nobody lived (15)
house with a clock in its walls (121)
lamp from the warlocks tomb (13)
letter the witch and the ring (18)
mansion in the mist (16)
mummy the will and the crypt (25)
pedant and the shuffly (18)
revenge of the wizards ghost (19)
saint fidgeta (48)
secret of the underground room (22)
sign of the sinister sorcerer (8)
specter from the magician's museum (16)
spell of the sorcerers skull (27)
stone the cipher and the shadows (4)
tower at the end of the world (16)
treasure of alpheus winterborn (22)
trolley to yesterday (22)
two magicians (1)
vengeance of the witch-finder (7)
whistle the grave and the ghost (10)
wrath of the grinning ghost (10)

Index - Adaptations

adaptations (7)
audiobooks (4)
clue according to sherlock holmes (8)
figure in the shadows (film) (3)
house with a clock in its walls (film) (46)
once upon a midnight scary (5)

Index - Bellairs Bibliofile

bibliofile - brazil (1)
bibliofile - england (5)
bibliofile - france (22)
bibliofile - germany (4)
bibliofile - italy (7)
bibliofile - japan (14)
bibliofile - poland (4)
bibliofile - portugal (2)
bibliofile - united states (18)

Index - Names

names - carroll lewis (4)
names - carter lin (2)
names - dickens charles (10)
names - fitschen marilyn (13)
names - gorey edward (80)
names - james mr (20)
names - lovecraft hp (12)
names - shakespeare william (7)
names - strickland brad (79)
names - zimmerman mary (3)

Index - People

people (26)
people - artists (1)
people - authors (5)
people - clergy (11)
people - musicians (4)
people - politicians (3)
people - royalty (5)
people - saints (2)

Index - Places

places - egypt (3)
places - england (56)
places - europe (1)
places - germany (1)
places - israel (1)
places - italy (4)
places - japan (7)
places - northern ireland (2)
places - norway (1)
places - scotland (9)
places - spain (1)
places - syria (1)
places - turkey (12)
places - us - california (1)
places - us - illinois (38)
places - us - indiana (28)
places - us - maine (3)
places - us - massachusetts (59)
places - us - michigan (117)
places - us - minnesota (34)
places - us - new york (1)
places - us - virginia (1)
places - us - wisconsin (6)
places - wales (1)

Index - Things

birthday (13)
books - illustrations (7)
books - news (17)
books - publishing (14)
film - adapting (12)
film - making (5)
film - news (6)
film - watching (11)
holidays (1)
memoriam (35)
series - anthony monday (24)
series - johnny dixon (19)
series - lewis barnavelt (24)
things (34)
things - angels (1)
things - archeology (1)
things - architecture (1)
things - astronomy (3)
things - baseball (5)
things - books (3)
things - bridges (5)
things - buildings (4)
things - cards (3)
things - chemistry (2)
things - chess (6)
things - chronology (4)
things - churches (1)
things - clothing (3)
things - comics (1)
things - events (37)
things - fauna (2)
things - films (2)
things - flora (3)
things - furniture (1)
things - gastronomy (18)
things - geology (8)
things - islands (1)
things - languages (13)
things - lexicon (1)
things - metallurgy (5)
things - meteorology (1)
things - music (14)
things - mythology (2)
things - plays (5)
things - product placement (3)
things - publications (1)
things - purple (1)
things - religion (23)
things - riddles (1)
things - sculptures (18)
things - seismology (1)
things - supernatural (10)
things - talismans (4)
things - time travel (1)
things - timepieces (3)
things - transportation (1)
things - tropes (3)
things - visual arts (1)
things - watercraft (1)
things - yule (10)

Index - Almanac

01 century (5)
05 century (1)
06 century (1)
11 century (4)
12 century (1)
13 century (4)
14 century (1)
15 century (4)
16 century (6)
17 century (5)
18 century (4)
19 century (10)
20 century (2)
20 century - 1900s (1)
20 century - 1910s (3)
20 century - 1920s (2)
20 century - 1930s (4)
20 century - 1940s (5)
20 century - 1950s (18)
20 century - 1960s (43)
20 century - 1970s (5)
20 century - 1980s (5)
20 century - 1990s (7)
21 century (1)

Index - Fans

bellairsia (10)
compleatbellairs (23)
fandom (176)
fans - all about evil (6)
fans - art (15)
fans - collecting (8)
fans - cover critic (6)
fans - fanfic (4)
fans - inspiration (33)
fans - interview (20)
fans - itinerary (4)
fans - question box (5)
fans - quiz (1)
fans - quotations (32)
fans - reviews (223)
fans - survey (15)
fans - testimony (34)
fans - top10 (13)
fans - what if (5)
video (11)

Index - Reference

allusions (7)
dedications (4)
reference (8)

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