Project Gutenberg 2023-07-07 Public domain in the USA. 183 Howard, Robert E. (Robert Ervin) 1906 1936 Howard, Robert Ervin Rankin, Hugh 1878 1956 Copp, Hugh Doak Doak DOAK The fearsome touch of death $aUnited States :$bPopular Fiction Publishing Company, $c1930. Produced from Weird Tales February 1930. Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Fearsome Touch of Death" by Robert E. Howard is a horror short story written in the early 20th century, likely during the 1920s. The narrative explores themes of fear, death, and the psychological impact of solitude on the human mind. It delves into a man's experience as he confronts the corpse of a reclusive old man during a night watch, wrestling with his own fears and the eerie atmosphere that surrounds him. The story centers around Falred, who is tasked with sitting up with the body of the recently deceased Adam Farrel. As the night progresses, Falred's imagination takes over, and he becomes increasingly unnerved by the silent, oppressive darkness and the lifeless form before him. After falling asleep, he awakens in a terror-filled haze, convinced that Farrel has somehow risen from the dead. The tension escalates as Falred grapples with his horror and disbelief, ultimately leading to a tragic and ironic conclusion when he succumbs to his own fear, mistaking his own hand for the dead man’s. The story captures the primal fear of death and the unknown, underscored by the chilling twist at the end. (This is an automatically generated summary.) 20230310113228howard 1930 US Reading ease score: 76.7 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Short stories Horror tales PS Text Category: Short Stories Category: Crime, Thrillers and Mystery Category: American Literature 38832 2025-08-28T07:49:53.306986 text/html 38273 2023-07-07T06:41:33 text/html 212353 2025-08-28T07:49:56.206950 application/epub+zip 211133 2025-08-28T07:49:54.550949 application/epub+zip 144952 2025-08-28T07:49:53.797960 application/epub+zip 636696 2025-08-28T07:49:57.408993 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 630400 2025-08-28T07:49:55.741984 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 32047 2025-08-28T07:49:53.176961 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 31811 2023-07-07T06:41:33 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18110 2025-08-28T07:49:57.538967 application/rdf+xml 26167 2025-08-28T07:49:54.144972 image/jpeg 4753 2025-08-28T07:49:53.967966 image/jpeg 12183 2023-07-07T06:41:34 application/octet-stream application/zip 1290842 2023-07-07T06:41:34 application/octet-stream application/zip 1305257 2025-08-28T07:49:53.325972 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 en.wikipedia