H. F. Arnold's "The Night Wire" is a horror story detailing a strange episode in the life of a night editor/wire editor in the author Arnold's present-day of 1926.
I am myself the modern day night editor and wire editor for three newspapers and a writer and consumer and enthusiast and geek of horror, so of course I love this tale, which is firmly entrenched in Lovecraft territory.
I first learned of this piece thanks to Patton Oswalt, of all people, who did exactly what I'm doing here - discussing 31 horror stories he loves over the month of October - back in 2006.
I'm trying to make this and Michael Shea's "The Autopsy" the only duplicates on the two lists.
Go check out Patton's.
He's got some great stuff there!
I am myself the modern day night editor and wire editor for three newspapers and a writer and consumer and enthusiast and geek of horror, so of course I love this tale, which is firmly entrenched in Lovecraft territory.
I first learned of this piece thanks to Patton Oswalt, of all people, who did exactly what I'm doing here - discussing 31 horror stories he loves over the month of October - back in 2006.
I'm trying to make this and Michael Shea's "The Autopsy" the only duplicates on the two lists.
Go check out Patton's.
He's got some great stuff there!