Name: The Beckoning Hand, and Other Stories
Author: Grant Allen
ISBN: 978-1785432903

Literature & Fiction | Short Stories & Anthology

The Beckoning Hand, and Other Stories

By Grant Allen 6 Jan, 2020

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The title story calls on Allan’s experience in Jamaica to help create a strong tale of voodoo. "The Third Time" is a dark story about alcoholism. "The Gold Wulfric" is a numismatic mystery. "The Two Carnegies" explores in a tragic mode the uncanny connection between identical twins. "Olga Davidoff's Husband" is set in Siberia and Kent and mixes violence and love. "John Cann's Treasure" concerns a treasure hunt based on a 17th-century manuscript written in cipher; things end badly. "The Search Party's Find" is a criminal horror tale set in the Arctic. Less

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Grant Allen

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Charles Grant Blairfindie Allen (February 24, 1848 – October 25, 1899) was a Canadian science writer and novelist, and a public promoter of Evolution in the second half of the 19th century. Allen wa...

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