The book a dark and stormy night is the first collection or maybe the fourth i am not sure which as compiled by scott rice of the best of the entries into the famous annual bulwer lytton contest named for the man who first penned the sentence it was a dark and stormy night and not according to wiki to be confused with his son robert bulwer lytton 1st earl of lytton governor general of india that was much later made famous by being the beginning of every literary effort of the . It was a dark and stormy night the best from the bulwer lytton contest item preview it was a dark and stormy night the best from the bulwer lytton contest by rice scott bulwer lytton contest publication date 1984 topics authorship style literary fiction english language. It was a dark and stormy night the final conflict yet more of the best from the bulwer lytton fiction contest scott rice on amazoncom free shipping on qualifying offers it was a dark and stormy night the final conflict yet more of the best from the bulwer lytton fiction contest. It was a dark and stormy night the best from the bulwer lytton contest by rice scott and a great selection of related books art and collectibles available now at abebookscom 0140075569 it was a dark and stormy night the best from the bulwer lytton contest abebooks