Synopsis
The psychiatrist Shiravieff is talking about the bad effects of not expressing one's emotions, and illustrates his thoughts with a story about a very restrained Englishman named Vaughan and an experience which Shiravieff and Vaughan shared a decade earlier. They met while vacationing in a remote Eastern European town. Local people had been disappearing. Talk in the inn turned to stories of werewolves. Vaughan's wife had ideas about humans who behave like werewolves. Shiravieff and Vaughan, both hunters, decided to keep watch in the forest and trap the killer-- one walking up and down in plain sight, the other in hiding, keeping a gun trained in readiness. Their plan succeeded but the solution of the mystery did not make matters any less disturbing. Vaughan's refusal to admit that he was disturbed had lingering psychological consequences.
Notes
First published in The Salvation of Pisco Gabar, London: Chatto, 1939.
Publications (32)
| Date | Publication | Publisher | Type | Page | |
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| 1944 |
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Great Tales of Terror and the Supernatural | Modern Library | Anthology | 259 |
| 1947 |
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Hold Your Breath: Stories of Suspense | Dell | Anthology | 11 |
| 1947 | Great Tales of Terror and the Supernatural | Hammond, Hammond & Co. | Anthology | 215 | |
| 1947 |
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Great Tales of Terror and the Supernatural | Modern Library | Anthology | 259 |
| 1957 | Great Tales of Terror and the Supernatural | Hammond, Hammond & Co. | Anthology | 215 | |
| March 1957 |
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Stories for the Dead of Night | Dell | Anthology | 57 |
| 1960 |
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The Second Pan Book of Horror Stories | Pan Books | Anthology | 256 |
| 1963 |
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Striking Terror: A Selection of Great Horror Stories | Arthur Barker | Anthology | 85 |
| 1966 | The Second Pan Book of Horror Stories | Pan Books | Anthology | 256 | |
| April 1967 |
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Stories for the Dead of Night | Dell Laurel-Leaf | Anthology | 49 |
| 1969 |
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The Second Pan Book of Horror Stories | Pan Books | Anthology | 256 |
| 1970 |
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The Dark of the Soul | Tower Books | Anthology | 92 |
| 1971 |
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Great Tales of Terror and the Supernatural | Hammond, Hammond & Co. | Anthology | 215 |
| 1972 |
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Great Tales of Terror and the Supernatural | Hammond, Hammond & Co. | Anthology | 215 |
| 1973 | The Second Pan Book of Horror Stories | Pan Books | Anthology | 256 | |
| 1977 |
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Great Tales of Terror and the Supernatural | Book Club Associates | Anthology | 215 |
| September 1977 |
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The Best Horror Stories | Hamlyn | Anthology | 320 |
| 1982 | Stories of Terror | Ward, Lock | Anthology | 100 | |
| 1982 | Great Tales of Terror and the Supernatural | Hutchinson | Anthology | 215 | |
| 1984 |
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The Penguin Book of Horror Stories | Penguin Books | Anthology | 415 |
| 1984 |
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The Best Horror Stories | Hamlyn | Anthology | 320 |
| 1985 |
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Realms of Darkness | Octopus Books | Anthology | 411 |
| 1985 |
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Realms of Darkness | Octopus Books | Anthology | 411 |
| 1985 |
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The Penguin Book of Horror Stories | Penguin Books | Anthology | 415 |
| October 1985 | The Penguin Book of Horror Stories | Viking UK | Anthology | ||
| October 1987 |
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The Penguin Book of Horror Stories | Penguin Books | Anthology | 415 |
| 1988 |
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Realms of Darkness | Chartwell Books | Anthology | 411 |
| April 1990 |
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The Best Horror Stories (abridged) | Mallard Press | Anthology | 199 |
| September 1990 |
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The Best Horror Stories (abridged) | Ivy Leaf | Anthology | 199 |
| 1991 |
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The Penguin Book of Horror Stories | Bloomsbury | Anthology | |
| 1994 | Great Tales of Terror and the Supernatural | Modern Library | Anthology | 249 | |
| October 1994 |
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Great Tales of Terror and the Supernatural | Modern Library | Anthology | 249 |