Project Gutenberg 2010-03-31 Public domain in the USA. 249 Arthur, Robert 1909 1969 Barth, Ernest Kurt 1929 2001 Barth Barth, Erni Barth, Ernie Ring Once for Death Produced by Sankar Viswanathan, Greg Weeks, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "Ring Once for Death" by Robert Arthur is a short story published in the early 1950s that blends elements of fantasy and psychological suspense. The narrative centers around a modern couple, Mark and Edith Williams, who inadvertently become involved with a mystical rose-crystal bell, rumored to defy death. The tale examines themes of mortality, the consequences of one's actions, and the haunting interplay between life and death. The story unfolds as Mark and Edith, celebrating their twentieth anniversary, purchase the beautiful yet ominous rose-crystal bell from a shop, only to discover it is missing its crucial clapper—an item believed to be essential for the bell to function as intended. When Mark is tragically involved in a car accident and declared dead, Edith, desperate to reclaim him, uses the bell, which miraculously seems to have the power to restore his life. However, as she tries to summon their son David back from what she believes to be another tragic accident, the consequences of her actions lead to a shocking and devastating finale. The tale poses poignant questions about the nature of death and life, and how the desire to control such forces can have dire outcomes. (This is an automatically generated summary.) http://book.klll.cc/files/31840/31840-h/images/cover.jpg Reading ease score: 87.4 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Short stories Horror tales PS Text Science Fiction Browsing: Literature Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Browsing: Fiction Category: Short Stories Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy 50327 2025-06-13T06:57:07.335352 text/html 46691 2021-01-06T09:41:25 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 163971 2021-01-06T09:41:25 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 167022 2025-06-13T06:57:09.354348 application/epub+zip 165871 2025-06-13T06:57:07.768342 application/epub+zip 68199 2025-06-13T06:57:07.531330 application/epub+zip 199075 2025-06-13T06:57:10.683328 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 193399 2025-06-13T06:57:09.086322 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 96336 2022-09-14T15:07:11.408258 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 43035 2025-06-13T06:57:07.046366 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 42840 2021-01-06T09:41:25 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16575 2021-01-06T09:41:25 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19696 2025-06-13T06:57:10.838321 application/rdf+xml 31799 2025-06-13T06:57:07.602332 image/jpeg 5254 2025-06-13T06:57:07.565354 image/jpeg 166890 2025-06-13T06:57:07.352350 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia