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The Clock Strikes Twelve is a collection of stories by author H. Russell Wakefield

H. Russell Wakefield

Herbert Russell Wakefield was an English short story writer, novelist, publisher, and civil servant chiefly remembered today for his ghost stories.-Life:...

. It was released in 1946

1946 in literature

The year 1946 in literature involved some significant events and new books.-Events:*November 7 - Walker Percy marries Mary Bernice Townsend.*Launch in the United Kingdom of Penguin Classics under the editorship of E. V...

and was the first collection of the author's stories to be published by Arkham House

Arkham House

Arkham House is a publishing house specializing in weird fiction founded in Sauk City, Wisconsin in 1939 by August Derleth and Donald Wandrei to preserve in hardcover the best fiction of H.P. Lovecraft. The company's name is derived from Lovecraft's fictional New England city, Arkham. Arkham House...

. It was published in an edition of 4,040 copies.

The Clock Strikes Twelve contains the following tales:

"Why I Write Ghost Stories"
"Into Outer Darkness"
"The Alley"
"Jay Walkers"
"Ingredient X"
"“I Recognised the Voice”"
"Farewell Performance"
"Not Quite Cricket"
"In Collaboration"
"A Stitch in Time"
"Lucky's Grove"
"Red Feathers"
"Happy Ending?"
"The First Sheaf"
"Masrur"
"A Fishing Story"
"Used Car"
"Death of a Poacher"
"Knock! Knock! Who's There?"

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