[Ads-l] horror novel

[Bill Mullins]

1784 Essex [UK] Chronicle 30 Apr 2/2

Do not think, my friend, that I delight in tales of horror, or search for subjects of melancholy to relate to you.

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1857 Charleston Daily Courier 11 Aug 1/1

The contents of this number are peculiarly interesting, but we have to note the appearance of another
blood and horror story called "The Voice, the Hand and the Silhouette."

[reprinted from the Asheville NC Spectator, so probably antedateable]

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