Horror Harvey, W. F.: Strange Stories (collected supernatural). v1. 07 Nov 2025

[GrannyGrump]

William Fryer Harvey (1885 - 1937), known as W. F. Harvey, was an English writer of short stories, most notably in the macabre and horror genres. Among his best-known stories are “August Heat”(1910) and “The Beast with Five Fingers” (1919), described by horror historian Les Daniels as “minor masterpieces”. “Across the Moors” (1910) and “The Clock” (1928) are also frequently anthologized.

This unique collection contains only a fraction of Harvey’s work. (Free digital versions of Harvey’s writings, other than the four mentioned above, are very difficult to find.) A number of these stories are “non-genre”, but the majority have an other-worldly air, if only a feather-light breath, and some are truly macabre.

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List of stories:

Spoiler:

The Star
A Middle-class Tragedy
The Fern
After the Flower Show
The Desecrator
The Educationalist
Last of the Race
Deaf and Dumb
Unwinding
The Angel of Stone
Sarah Bennet’s Possession
Double Demon
Account Rendered
Full Circle
The Tool
The Tortoise
Midnight House
August Heat
The Beast with Five Fingers
Sambo
Across the Moors
The Clock

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My own compilation, from multiple online sources.
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