Books like These Will Chill You by Lee Wright
These Will Chill You is a collection of short stories by Lee Wright that delves into speculative horror and suspense. The tales explore themes of hypnotism, animal magnetism, mesmerism, and pseudoscience, sometimes featuring the unsettling presence of tuberculosis and other unsettling conditions.
The anthology places these psychological and supernatural elements within a haunting narrative framework, offering readers a blend of eerie suspense and uncanny intrigue that blurs the line between imagination and reality.
First publish date: 1967
Genre: General Fiction/Anthologies
Authors: Lee Wright
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