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The Clock Strikes Twelve

H.R. Wakefield
4.26/5 (22 ratings)
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A new collection of macabre tales by H. Russell Wakefield - collects Wakefield's "introduction" and eighteen stories from the original 1940 Jenkins and expanded 1946 Arkham House editions. Adds three stories by Wakefield that were not previously collected with his weird fiction and an introduction by Barbara Roden.

"Wakefield was a consistently competent writer who took up where M R James left off in extending the core of the British tradition through the period between the wars."- Barron (ed), Horror Literature

These eighteen new stories, together with an introduction, Why I Write Ghost Stories, represent the first new uncanny tales to be published in the United States since the notably successful They Return at Evening and Others Who Returned.

"That there are many things in Heaven and on Earth for which we have no explanation, and for which, in all probability, we shall never have an explanation is certainly part of my philosophy; and I have never written a tale in which are recorded happenings that I do not believe could occur," writes Mr. Wakefield in his Introduction to this collection. "We have to remember and face the fact that we have not and cannot have, any acquaintance with more than a millionth part of what is called reality or the final truth about the universe."

Contents
vii • Why I Write Ghost Stories • essay
3 • Into Outer Darkness • (1938) • short story
11 • The Alley • (1940) • short story
33 • Jay Walkers • (1940) • short story
47 • Ingredient X • (1940) • short story
59 • "I Recognized the Voice" • (1940) • short story
69 • Farewell Performance • (1940) • short story
77 • Not Quite Cricket • (1940) • short story
95 • In Collaboration • (1940) • short story
111 • A Stitch in Time • (1940) • short story
127 • Lucky's Grove • (1940) • short story
151 • Red Feathers • (1940) • short story
168 • Happy Ending? • (1940) • short story
177 • The First Sheaf • (1939) • short story
188 • Masrur • (1940) • short story
201 • A Fishing Story • (1935) • short story
212 • Used Car • (1932) • short story
228 • Death of a Poacher • (1935) • short story
244 • Knock! Knock! Who's There? • (1932) • short story
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ISBN10:
145663657X
ISBN13:
9781456636579
kindle Asin:
B08VTQC3JC

The Clock Strikes Twelve

H.R. Wakefield
4.26/5 (22 ratings)
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A new collection of macabre tales by H. Russell Wakefield - collects Wakefield's "introduction" and eighteen stories from the original 1940 Jenkins and expanded 1946 Arkham House editions. Adds three stories by Wakefield that were not previously collected with his weird fiction and an introduction by Barbara Roden.

"Wakefield was a consistently competent writer who took up where M R James left off in extending the core of the British tradition through the period between the wars."- Barron (ed), Horror Literature

These eighteen new stories, together with an introduction, Why I Write Ghost Stories, represent the first new uncanny tales to be published in the United States since the notably successful They Return at Evening and Others Who Returned.

"That there are many things in Heaven and on Earth for which we have no explanation, and for which, in all probability, we shall never have an explanation is certainly part of my philosophy; and I have never written a tale in which are recorded happenings that I do not believe could occur," writes Mr. Wakefield in his Introduction to this collection. "We have to remember and face the fact that we have not and cannot have, any acquaintance with more than a millionth part of what is called reality or the final truth about the universe."

Contents
vii • Why I Write Ghost Stories • essay
3 • Into Outer Darkness • (1938) • short story
11 • The Alley • (1940) • short story
33 • Jay Walkers • (1940) • short story
47 • Ingredient X • (1940) • short story
59 • "I Recognized the Voice" • (1940) • short story
69 • Farewell Performance • (1940) • short story
77 • Not Quite Cricket • (1940) • short story
95 • In Collaboration • (1940) • short story
111 • A Stitch in Time • (1940) • short story
127 • Lucky's Grove • (1940) • short story
151 • Red Feathers • (1940) • short story
168 • Happy Ending? • (1940) • short story
177 • The First Sheaf • (1939) • short story
188 • Masrur • (1940) • short story
201 • A Fishing Story • (1935) • short story
212 • Used Car • (1932) • short story
228 • Death of a Poacher • (1935) • short story
244 • Knock! Knock! Who's There? • (1932) • short story
Format:
Pages:
pages
Publication:
Publisher:
Edition:
Language:
eng
ISBN10:
145663657X
ISBN13:
9781456636579
kindle Asin:
B08VTQC3JC

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