The Clock Strikes Twelve

The Clock Strikes Twelve

Infobox Book
name = The Clock Strikes Twelve
title_orig =
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image_caption = Dust-jacket illustration by Ronald Clyne for "The Clock Strikes Twelve" by H. R. Wakefield
author = H. Russell Wakefield
illustrator =
cover_artist = Ronald Clyne
country = United States
language = English
series =
genre = fantasy, horror short stories
publisher = Arkham House
release_date = 1946
english_release_date =
media_type = Print (Hardback)
pages = xi, 248 pp
isbn = NA
preceded_by =
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"The Clock Strikes Twelve" is a collection of stories by author H. Russell Wakefield. It was released in 1946 and was the first collection of the author's stories to be published by Arkham House. It was published in an edition of 4,040 copies.

Contents

"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?"

References

*cite book | last=Jaffery | first=Sheldon | authorlink=Sheldon Jaffery | title=The Arkham House Companion | location=Mercer Island, WA | publisher=Starmont House, Inc.| pages=20| date=1989 | id=ISBN 1-55742-005-X
*cite book | last=Chalker | first=Jack L. | authorlink=Jack L. Chalker | coauthors=Mark Owings | title=The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History, 1923-1998 | location=Westminster, MD and Baltimore | publisher=Mirage Press, Ltd.| pages=29 | date=1998
*cite book | last=Joshi | first=S.T. | authorlink=S.T. Joshi | title=Sixty Years of Arkham House: A History and Bibliography | location=Sauk City, WI | publisher=Arkham House| pages=37 | date=1999 | id=ISBN 0-87054-176-5
*cite book | last=Nielsen | first=Leon | title=Arkham House Books: A Collector's Guide | location=Jefferson, NC and London | publisher=McFarland & Company, Inc.| pages=59-60 | date=2004 | id=ISBN 0-7864-1785-4


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