Fear of fish footballer Paolo Di Canio describes finding that his then team-mate, Peter Grant suffered from ichthyophobia. During a practical joke, Di Canio describes Grant's fearful reaction after finding a salmon head in his bed. Grant told "The Independent" that item in his bed was in fact a "shark's head" and "to say I got a fright when I put my feet between the sheets is an understatement." The term "ichthyophobia" comes from the Greek ἰχθῦς - "ichthus", meaning "fish" and φόβος - "phobos", "fear". "Galeophobia" comes from the Greek γαλεός - "galeos", "small shark". Fear of fish Fear of fish or
The Lurking Fear of the Martense creatures may have survived. Like "Herbert West–Reanimator", earlier published in "Home Brew", "The Lurking Fear" was solicited by editor George Julian Houtain expressly to be published as a serial. Unlike with "Herbert West", however, Houtain ran recaps of the story so far with each installment after the first, relieving Lovecraft of the need for objectionable repetition. Comparing it to Lovecraft's earlier story in "Home Brew", Lin Carter wrote that while "The Lurking Fear" is "a more serious study in traditional horror, it lacks the light, almost joyous touch of 'Herbert West.'" E. F. Bleiler's and Richard Bleiler's