Front matter
Reading edition
“A terrified bird flew out of the hedge ...”
UNCANNY STORIES
By May Sinclair
Author of “Anne Severn and the Fieldings,” etc.
Illustrations by Jean de Bosschère
LONDON: HUTCHINSON & CO.
PATERNOSTER ROW
CONTENTS
Where their Fire is not Quenched
The Token
The Flaw in the Crystal
The Nature of the Evidence
If the Dead Knew
The Victim
The Finding of the Absolute
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
A terrified bird flew out of the hedge ...
Then, suddenly the room began to come apart ...
... each held there by the other’s fear
... moving slowly, like figures in some monstrous and appalling dance
“I’ve told you not to touch my things”
... her face was turned to Donald ...
He stepped forward, opening his arms
And she wondered whether really she would find him well
“I saw the Powells at the station”
Milly opened a door on the left
“No place ever will be strange when It’s there”
... he stood for a moment in the open doorway ...
... stretching out her arms to keep him back
... drew itself after him along the floor
... her whole body listened ...
The apparition maintained itself with difficulty
Then all of a sudden she had burst out crying ...
Steven waited with his hand on the tap ...
It stood close against the window, looking in
... the figure became clear and solid ...
“Now he’s coming alive—”
UNCANNY STORIES