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Stories by Dr. H. Ashford

17 stories

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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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04
Jul 2026
Horror

Something Lives in the Plaster

From the private case-notes of Dr. H. Ashford, Physician, 14 Cavendish Square. The following account was entered not as a clinical record — for no clinical cate…

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27
Jun 2026
Horror

The Register Does Not Lie

The chapel had been sealed for eleven years, which was, in Mr. Oliver Mast's considered professional opinion, approximately eleven years longer than any respons…

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13
Jun 2026
Horror

The Ledger of Expected Guests

The bell pull rang at half past two in the morning, which was, Mrs. Dorothea Crane reflected, a thoroughly inconvenient hour for any occurrence whatsoever, supe…

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30
May 2026
Horror

What the Mirror Kept Behind Her

The inventory had been assigned to Miss Alderton on a Wednesday, which she considered neither auspicious nor otherwise — she was not, by temperament or training…

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23
May 2026
Horror

The Coroner Certifies the Hour

The body had been found at half past seven in the morning, which was, in Mr. Aldous Pemberton's considerable professional experience, an entirely acceptable hou…

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09
May 2026
Horror

The Handprint in the Lime

The following correspondence was recovered from the effects of Dr. Edmund Carver, formerly of Ashwick-on-Dene, Shropshire. The letters were found in a leather w…

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02
May 2026
Horror

The Letter That Knew Her Name

The rain had been falling since Thursday, which Miss Clara Voss considered a personal slight. She arrived at the vicarage at half past six in the evening, her s…

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25
Apr 2026
Horror

What the Violets Were Keeping

The coffin arrived on a Tuesday, which was already irregular, as museum deliveries came on Thursdays and the receiving dock was staffed accordingly. Mrs. Cecily…

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12
Apr 2026
Horror

What the Cabinet Kept Warm

The call came at twelve minutes past midnight, which Mrs. Vera Calloway considered an imposition of the first order. She had been a conservator of decorative ar…

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04
Apr 2026
Horror

The Catalogue of Inevitable Persons

The smell reached her before the light did. This is what Mrs. Ruth Ellery recorded in the notebook she kept in her cardigan pocket — the small green Silvine tha…

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