"The Horla" [was "Danaergeschenk"]

[Wilson Gray]

Thanks for the info, Joel. I think that I may now have the 'nads to
try reading The Horla once more. After all, Dr. Lechter and I are
practically drinking buddies, nowadays. ;-)

-Wilson

On 9/26/06, Joel S. Berson <Berson at att.net> wrote:
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> At 9/25/2006 06:50 PM, Wilson Gray wrote:
> >I recall reading the story in a book of horror stories that my
> >grandfather had. I also heard it on the old radio horror show, "Inner
> >Sanctum." It's a really scary story, regardless of how it's presented.
> >It scared the shit out of me, IAC. There was another story in
> >Granddad's book called The Horla, by Flaubert(?), that was also very
> >frightening. Having it pop into my head would creep out a whole day.
> >That's probably why I haven't re-read that story in sixty years.
>
> "Le Horla" (1887) is by de Maupassant.  It is in the Penguin Classics
> paperback "Selected Short Stories" (translation first published
> 1971).  Also http://gaslight.mtroyal.ab.ca/horlaX4.htm, where it is
> given the title "The Horla, or Modern Ghosts." (I do agree with
> Wilson, however, that it is chilling.)
>
> Joel
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