Download or read book The Face in the Abyss a Classic Illustrated Edition written by Abraham Merritt and published by . This book was released on 2021-08-02 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Face in the Abyss is a fantasy novel by American writer A. Merritt. It is composed of a novelette with the same title and its sequel, "The Snake Mother". It was first published in its complete form in 1931 by Horace Liveright. The novelette "The Face in the Abyss" originally appeared in the magazine Argosy All-Story Weekly in the September 8, 1923 issue. "The Snake Mother" was originally serialized in seven parts in Argosy beginning with the October 25, 1930 issue.