# Stories in the Dark

Stories in the Dark in the dark is a collection of short stories (and one novella, "The Undying Thing") bordering on the macabre and the fantastic.
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Stories in the Dark
BY
Barry Pain
London Grant Richards 1901
PRINTED BY BILLING AND SONS LIMITED, GUILDFORD
To
MARIANNA HERON-ALLEN
An edition limited to 250 copies of 'Stories in the Dark' has been prepared, printed on larger paper with wide margins, each copy being unnumbered and signed by the author. The price is 5s. net.
Publisher's Announcement
Ready in the Spring
The New Humorous Book
THE ONE BEFORE
A Novel
By BARRY PAIN
with Over Eighty Illustrations by TOM BROWNE
Crown 8vo., cloth, 3s. 6d.
∵ A great demand is anticipated for 'The One Before,' and purchasers are requested to place their orders early.
London: GRANT RICHARDS
CONTENTS
* PAGE
* THE DIARY OF A GOD ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................7
* THIS IS ALL ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................26
* THE MOON-SLAVE ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................45
* THE GREEN LIGHT ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................59
* THE MAGNET ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................73
* THE CASE OF VINCENT PYRWHIT ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................84
* THE BOTTOM OF THE GULF ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................92
* THE END OF A SHOW ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................100
* THE UNDYING THING ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................109
* THE GRAY CAT ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................166
This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published before January 1, 1929.
The longest-living author of this work died in 1928, so this work is in the public domain in countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 95 years or less. This work may be in the public domain in countries and areas with longer native copyright terms that apply the rule of the shorter term to foreign works.
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