Trivia / Amina

• Based on a Dream: In the afterword of Lukundoo and Other Stories, White claims that eight of the stories included came to him in his nightmares, that the ninth relays a friend's nightmare, and no mention at all is made of "Sorcery Island", which suggests that that particular story was a late addition after the afterword had already been written. Of "Amina", White only says that the ending he dreamt up surprised him. Because the story opens in the middle of things, it's unclear whether White refers to the end of the adventure, when the dead ghoul children are laid out in a row, or the end of the narrative, when Waldo learns that ghouls exist. He has, in any case, not dreamt up much more of the story, because it's largely adapted from "The King's Son and the She-Ghoul", which he earlier adapted into the poem "The Ghoula". White does not acknowledge his earlier dealings with the classic tale in the afterword.
• Lying Creator: In the afterword of Lukundoo and Other Stories, White claims that eight of the stories included came to him in his nightmares, that the ninth relays a friend's nightmare, and no mention at all is made of "Sorcery Island", which suggests that that particular story was a late addition after the afterword had already been written. Of "Amina", White only says that the ending he dreamt up surprised him. He does not acknowledge the existence of "The King's Son and the She-Ghoul", while, in contrast, for "Lukundoo" he does give credit to "Pollock and the Porroh Man" by H. G. Wells. Furthermore, he does not acknowledge the existence of his own poem "The Ghoula" or how that poem was inspired by "Her Majesty's Servants" by Rudyard Kipling. Only a subtle (and disparaging) reference to "The Story of Sidi Nouman" is made within the story itself and that one might have flown over the heads of American audiences at the time.