Project Gutenberg 2023-05-20 Public domain in the USA. 207 Brennan, Joseph Payne 1918 1990 63024895 Scream at midnight $aUnited States :$bMacabre House, $c1963. Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Scream at Midnight" by Joseph Payne Brennan is a collection of horror stories written in the early 1960s. The tales delve into eerie experiences, legendary hauntings, and fatal encounters with the supernatural, exploring themes of fear, suspense, and the macabre. In the title story, the protagonist embarks on a journey to Chilton Castle, where he learns of a sinister secret linked to the Chilton-Payne lineage, particularly surrounding the enigmatic figure of Lady Susan Glanville. At the start of the first story, the narrator sets the scene by recounting his travels through Europe in search of his ancestry, eventually arriving at Chilton Castle, a place steeped in dark folklore. As he settles in at an inn, a storm brews outside, and he hears legends about a secret chamber within the castle. The Factor at Chilton Castle, William Cowath, soon reveals the unsettling tradition involving the current Earl, Frederick, who must enter this hidden room the very night of the narrator's arrival. The air grows thick with tension as they prepare to unravel the chilling mystery of the chamber, leading the narrator into an encounter that promises to be unnerving and transformative. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=osu.32435063453005&view=1up&seq=7 20221129054319brennan 1963 US Reading ease score: 82.8 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Horror tales PS Text Category: Short Stories Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy 179148 2025-09-28T06:15:51.606856 text/html 178317 2023-05-20T14:42:16 text/html 200400 2025-09-28T06:15:54.655941 application/epub+zip 199502 2025-09-28T06:15:52.247891 application/epub+zip 150095 2025-09-28T06:15:51.905853 application/epub+zip 204328 2025-09-28T06:15:56.700862 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 190218 2025-09-28T06:15:54.394852 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 166860 2025-09-28T06:15:51.288877 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 166627 2023-05-20T14:42:16 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17718 2025-09-28T06:15:56.831859 application/rdf+xml 4553 2025-09-28T06:15:52.056890 image/jpeg 1310 2025-09-28T06:15:51.979882 image/jpeg 64603 2023-05-20T14:42:17 application/octet-stream application/zip 123185 2023-05-20T14:42:17 application/octet-stream application/zip 150177 2025-09-28T06:15:51.623869 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