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1946 collection of stories by author H. Russell Wakefield For the 1930 Australian radio play, see The Clock Strikes Twelve (radio play).
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The Clock Strikes Twelve
Dust-jacket illustration by Ronald Clyne for The Clock Strikes Twelve by H. R. Wakefield
AuthorH. Russell Wakefield
Cover artistRonald Clyne
LanguageEnglish
GenreFantasy, horror
PublisherArkham House
Publication date1946
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (hardback)
Pagesxi, 248 pp

The Clock Strikes Twelve is a collection of stories by author H. Russell Wakefield, published by Arkham House in 1946, and was the first collection of the author's stories to be published by Arkham House. (An earlier edition, with four fewer stories, had been published in England in 1940.) It was published in an edition of 4,040 copies.

Contents

The Clock Strikes Twelve contains a preface by Wakefield, "Why I Write Ghost Stories", and the following tales:

  1. "Into Outer Darkness"
  2. "The Alley"
  3. "Jay Walkers"
  4. "Ingredient X"
  5. "“I Recognised the Voice”"
  6. "Farewell Performance"
  7. "Not Quite Cricket"
  8. "In Collaboration"
  9. "A Stitch in Time"
  10. "Lucky's Grove"
  11. "Red Feathers"
  12. "Happy Ending?"
  13. "The First Sheaf"
  14. "Masrur"
  15. "A Fishing Story"
  16. "Used Car"
  17. "Death of a Poacher"
  18. "Knock! Knock! Who's There?"

References

  • Jaffery, Sheldon (1989). The Arkham House Companion. Mercer Island, WA: Starmont House, Inc. p. 20. ISBN 1-55742-005-X.
  • Chalker, Jack L.; Mark Owings (1998). The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History, 1923-1998. Westminster, MD and Baltimore: Mirage Press, Ltd. p. 29.
  • Joshi, S.T. (1999). Sixty Years of Arkham House: A History and Bibliography. Sauk City, WI: Arkham House. p. 37. ISBN 0-87054-176-5.
  • Nielsen, Leon (2004). Arkham House Books: A Collector's Guide. Jefferson, NC and London: McFarland & Company, Inc. pp. 59–60. ISBN 0-7864-1785-4.


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