The Clock Strikes Twelve

For the 1930 Australian radio play, see The Clock Strikes Twelve (radio play).

The Clock Strikes Twelve is a collection of stories by author H. Russell Wakefield, published by Arkham House in 1946, and was the first collection of the author's stories to be published by Arkham House. (An earlier edition, with four fewer stories, had been published in England in 1940.) It was published in an edition of 4,040 copies.

The Clock Strikes Twelve

Dust-jacket illustration by Ronald Clyne for The Clock Strikes Twelve by H. R. Wakefield
Author	H. Russell Wakefield
Cover artist	Ronald Clyne
Language	English
Genre	Fantasy, horror
Publisher	Arkham House
Publication date	1946
Publication place	United States
Media type	Print (hardback)
Pages	xi, 248 pp

Contents

The Clock Strikes Twelve contains a preface by Wakefield, "Why I Write Ghost Stories", and the following tales:

1. "Into Outer Darkness"
2. "The Alley"
3. "Jay Walkers"
4. "Ingredient X"
5. "“I Recognised the Voice”"
6. "Farewell Performance"
7. "Not Quite Cricket"
8. "In Collaboration"
9. "A Stitch in Time"
10. "Lucky's Grove"
11. "Red Feathers"
12. "Happy Ending?"
13. "The First Sheaf"
14. "Masrur"
15. "A Fishing Story"
16. "Used Car"
17. "Death of a Poacher"
18. "Knock! Knock! Who's There?"

References

• Jaffery, Sheldon (1989). The Arkham House Companion. Mercer Island, WA: Starmont House, Inc. p. 20. ISBN 1-55742-005-X.
• Chalker, Jack L.; Mark Owings (1998). The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History, 1923-1998. Westminster, MD and Baltimore: Mirage Press, Ltd. p. 29.
• Joshi, S.T. (1999). Sixty Years of Arkham House: A History and Bibliography. Sauk City, WI: Arkham House. p. 37. ISBN 0-87054-176-5.
• Nielsen, Leon (2004). Arkham House Books: A Collector's Guide. Jefferson, NC and London: McFarland & Company, Inc. pp. 59–60. ISBN 0-7864-1785-4.