Editing Frank Belknap Long (section)

===1970s===
In 1972 Arkham House published'' [[The Rim of the Unknown]]'', their second hardcover collection of Long's work - a volume focusing primarily on his science fiction short stories.

Long wrote nine modern Gothic novels, starting with ''So Dark a Heritage'' in 1966 (published under his own name), eight of which were published as by "Lyda Belknap Long", a combination of his wife (Lyda Arco Long)'s first name and his middle name and surname. Seven of these appeared during the 1970s; all were entirely his own work and were workmanlike products intended to support him and his wife rather than to be of high literary quality.

Illumination on Long's own life and work is provided by his extensive introduction to ''[[The Early Long]]'' (1975), a collection of his best early stories which essentially duplicates the contents of ''[[The Hounds of Tindalos (book)|The Hounds of Tindalos]]'' but to which Long adds detailed headnotes to each story. Further writing on his own life is found in his ''Autobiographical Memoir'' (Necronomicon Press, 1986).

Long's book-length memoir of H. P. Lovecraft, ''[[Howard Phillips Lovecraft: Dreamer on the Nightside]]'', was issued by Arkham House in 1975. It was written in haste as a result of Long's reading of [[L. Sprague de Camp]]'s'' [[Lovecraft: A Biography]]'' (1975), which Long felt to be biased against Lovecraft. [[File:Frank Belknap Long Tower 2009.JPG|thumb|The grave of Frank Belknap Long in [[Woodlawn Cemetery (Bronx, New York)|Woodlawn Cemetery]].]]

In 1977, Arkham House issued Long's hardcover poetry collection ''[[In Mayan Splendor]]'', containing all the poems from ''A Man from Genoa and Other Poems'' (1924) and ''The Goblin Tower'' (1926). The same year he won the First Fandom Hall of Fame award (1977). In 1978 he won the [[World Fantasy Award]] for Life Achievement (at the 1978 4th World Fantasy Convention).