Can Such Things Be? [24 stories]
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Contains: Death of Halpin Frayser -- Secret of Macarger's Gulch -- One summer night -- Moonlit road -- Diagnosis of death -- Moxon's master -- Tough tussle -- One of twins -- Haunted valley -- Jug of syrup -- Staley Fleming's hallucination -- Resumed identity -- Baby tramp -- Night-doings at "Deadman's" -- Beyond the wall -- Psychological shipwreck -- Middle toe of the right foot -- John Mortonson's funeral -- Realm of the unreal -- John Bartine's watch -- [Damned Thing](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL20084265W) Haïta the shepherd -- [Inhabitant of Carcosa](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL7973249W) Stranger. ---------- Contained in: [The Devil’s Dictionary, Tales, & Memoirs](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL17454237W)
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Book Details
First Published
1924
Pages
215 pages
Rating
3.7 / 5
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3
Editions
51
Publisher
Kessinger Publishing
Language
GER, RUS, ENG
Status
Published
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