Beyond the golden stair

Beyond the Golden Stair is a fantasy novel by Hannes Bok. It was first published as the short story "The Blue Flamingo" in the January 1948 issue of the magazine Startling Stories; later the story was extensively revised and expanded by the author into novel form. The novel version was first published in book form (posthumously) in paperback by Ballantine Books as the twenty-third volume of the celebrated Ballantine Adult Fantasy series in November, 1970. The Ballantine edition includes an introduction by Lin Carter.