What Was It? A Mystery single work   short story   horror  
Issue Details: First known date: 1866... 1866 What Was It? A Mystery
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A tale of horror - an invisible man who attacked the narrator in the dead of night and died 10 days after being captured. Supernatural. (PB)

Notes

  • First published in The Atlantic Monthly in March, 1858 , the story caused a minor sensation, being one of the first to deal with an invisible creature.

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    y separately published work icon The Australian Journal vol. 2 no. 52 25 August 1866 Z1061919 1866 periodical issue 1866 pg. 827-830
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