The Third Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories
Selected by: Robert Aickman
 
The lingering smell of fear . . .
Blackness . . . eternal night - a tiny hut within the Arctic Circle. Six men aren't hard to count . . . so why did the number come out at seven?
Before the end, Oleron found out about jealousy - the jealousy of a fiercely possessive woman which destroys - whether she's alive or dead.
'But if I saw too much of you,' said the Senorita to her eager lover, 'I might forget I'm dead. I might wake up - and that would be more terrible than death.'
The Thing left the panelling in which it was carved - it writhed and drooled and slithered across the churchyard searching for something . . . someone.
 
10 tales of the supernatural to enjoy in the classic FONTANA books collection
 
FONTANA BOOKS DECEMBER 1971 6th IMPRESSION