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Stories by Dr. H. Ashford

27 stories

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17
Oct 2026
Horror

The Box Contains One Occupant

The summons arrived at half past midnight, which Mr. Cornelius Fetch considered an entirely unreasonable hour for any errand of a clerical nature, and from Mrs.…

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10
Oct 2026
Horror

What the Walls Counted Back

The call came at twenty past midnight, which Dr. Edmund Prale considered an objectionable hour for any summons that was not, strictly speaking, a matter of imme…

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03
Oct 2026
Horror

The Water Rises From Within

The commission arrived on a Saturday, which Mr. Aldous Fenn considered unusual, and from the Reverend Josias Carne of St. Dunstan's, Morbridge, which he conside…

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26
Sept 2026
Horror

The Key Fits One Lock

The telegram reached Dr. Percival Oates on a Thursday evening, which was inconvenient, and from Dunmore-on-Severn, which was worse. He had retired from the prac…

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12
Sept 2026
Horror

The Mirror Still Has Corners

The house appeared first as a smear of yellow light through the coach window, and Miss Evelyn Marsh — thirty-one years old, recently widowed by a man she had mo…

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05
Sept 2026
Horror

The Warm Place at the Throat

The summons came at half past ten, which Dr. Ashford considered an unconscionable hour for any communication that was not, strictly speaking, a matter of life a…

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23
Aug 2026
Horror

The Bell Rings for No One

The bell cord moved at midnight. Mrs. Agatha Crale had not imagined it. She had been awake — as she was most nights in Thornward Manor, where the damp came in o…

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15
Aug 2026
Horror

The Gloves Were Not There

The chapel of St. Crispin-Without-the-Walls had never been a comforting building, even in daylight, even in summer, even when its organ was being played with so…

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01
Aug 2026
Horror

The Corridor Measures Back

The rain had been falling since Hexham, and by the time Mr. Gerald Poole arrived at the gates of Varden House, it had achieved a quality less like weather than …

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25
Jul 2026
Horror

The House That Was Counting

The telegram arrived at half past two on a Thursday afternoon, which meant that Dr. Ashford had already committed the sin of removing his boots and settling int…

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18
Jul 2026
Horror

The East Room Keeps Its Own

From the private diary of Dr. Edmund Caswell, 7th November, 1902. 7th November — past midnight — Thornbury Grange, Wiltshire I arrived at the Grange at eleven o…

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11
Jul 2026
Horror

The Artist Requires One More Sitting

The key was on her person when she went to bed. Miss Eunice Fallow was certain of this — as certain as a woman of thirty-two years and modest but rigorous educa…

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