"A second collection of those intriguing thrillers that keep us on the edge of our seats.
Contents:
The Look by Maurice Level
A husband and wife commit a terrible, haunting crime together.
Guarded by Mearle Prout
A mountain murder unleashes deadly, unforeseen consequences.
The Gong Ringers by Hasan Vokine
Travellers fall into a deadly trap set by unlikely suspects.
An Unnatural Feud by Norman Douglas
A mother and son share a deeply toxic, destructive bond.
The Boarded Window by Ambrose Bierce
A widower’s lonely death hides whispers of something unspeakable.
A Terribly Strange Bed by Wilkie Collins
A rigged gambling den traps a tourist in a murderous scheme.
The Furnished Room by O. Henry
A new tenant searches for a vanished woman—and finds despair.
The Night They Crashed the Party by Robert Bloch
Guests expecting wrestling witness something disturbingly real on live television.
August Heat by W. F. Harvey
Two strangers meet—linked by fate, fear, and a gravestone.
The Hand by Guy de Maupassant
A severed hand may be behind its owner's murder.
Dread Summons by Paul Ernst
A scream reveals a dreadful, otherworldly call has been answered.
Grotesquerie by Harold Lawlor
A strange newcomer hides in the shadows of a haunted house.
A Question of Identity by Robert Bloch
Trapped and transformed, a mind reels with unanswerable questions.
The Fearsome Touch of Death by Robert E. Howard
A man spends the night with a corpse—and something else.
Night and Silence by Maurice Level
They seemed to personify Age, Night and Silence."
"Un soir qu'il sort d'un dîner, boulevard Lannes à Paris, un jeune journaliste parisien découvre, par hasard, trois assassins après leur forfait. Par déduction, il découvre le lieu du crime. A la vue de la victime et de son environnement, il décide de falsifier les preuves laissées par les meurtriers et d'en créer de nouvelles qui lui permettraient de réaliser un scoop... Mal lui en prend car il va vivre... l'Épouvante ! qui le mènera à l'échafaud."
"« La police est bien mal faite. » Voilà l'opinion qu'Onésime Coche, reporter dans un quotidien du matin, à Paris, ne manque pas d'émettre à la fin de ses articles."
"La police est bien mal faite. » Voilà l'opinion qu'Onésime Coche, reporter dans un quotidien du matin, à Paris, ne manque pas d'émettre à la fin de ses articles.
Au sortir d'un dîner chez son ami Ledoux, il trouvera l'occasion d'en faire la preuve.
Par quel moyen et d'où viendra l'épouvante ? À vous de le découvrir.
""Our police service is thoroughly inefficient."" That is the opinion Onesimus Coche, mere journalist, frequently expresses in his articles.
After dining at his friend's Monsieur Ledoux, he will have the opportunity to prove his point.
Where will the grip of fear come from? You will have to find out for yourself.
(by Ezwa)"
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