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Tales in the Dark: The Undying Thing and Other Stories
Written by Barry Pain
Narrated by Roy Macready
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About this audiobook
Barry Pain was noted for his humorous tales of “Eliza” and her husband but his tales of the weird and supernatural are equally noteworthy. This volume contains seven of them. They are:
“The Undying Thing”
“The Moon-slave”
“The Case of Vincent Pyrwhit”
“The Four-fingered Hand”
“The Glass of Supreme Moments”
“The Green Light”
“The Tower”
“The Undying Thing”
“The Moon-slave”
“The Case of Vincent Pyrwhit”
“The Four-fingered Hand”
“The Glass of Supreme Moments”
“The Green Light”
“The Tower”
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