Where Terror Stalked and Other Horror Stories by Charles Birkin

Nora, who is to be freed tomorrow after three years incarceration, pleads with the staff not to let Dr. You understand that, don't you? If you tell anyone that I shall come, I'll kill you.' Meryham Mental Home. The Last Night: 'It's to be our secret, my dear. Their arrival at 'The Happy Dancers' coincides with Serge's. The only blot on the landscape is that her father has discovered her whereabouts and his mob are fighting with the infantry on the outskirts of town. She is also pregnant with the couples' first child and is awaiting Serges return from duty to break the good news to him. As 'Nikakova' she is a celebrated cabaret performer at 'The Happy Dancers'. The Duke has recently had him whipped and has threatened him with Siberia if he continues to stir up dissent.Ĭome 1917 and Serge is a soldier, while Louba has blossomed. Serge, son of the Grand Duke, marries Louba, a peasant girl whose father is Boris Kerensky, a political agitator. 'The Happy Dancers': Russia on the eve of the revolution. One night, the thatched roof catches fire. except, that is, for the insane son they hide away from the outside world on account of his predilection for rape. They're actually a far more decent clan than their neighbours give them credit for. Havelock's Farm: Due to a mix-up over accommodation, young Faith Harrison, the new schoolmistress, has to look for a room in the village, and the only place she can find one is at the farm of the shunned, inbred Havelock family. Strathers, Shelter, The Last Night, An Eye for an Eye, Henri Larne, Havelock's Farm, The Harlem Horror, A Poem and a Bunch of Roses, Obsession, The Actor's Story, Special Diet, Premiere, Angela.Īll of his contributions to the Creeps series plus two new stories, Havelock's Farm and Premiere (unseen): 'The Happy Dancers',The Cockroach, The Terror On Tobit, Old Mrs.

Where Terror Stalked and Other Horror Stories by Charles Birkin