The Night Wire: Terror on the Wire in the Dead of Night

The Night Wire by H. F. Arnold - From Xebico a strange and uncanny story came over the wire in the wan hours before the dawn. The Night Wire by H. F. Arnold.

H. F. Arnold is best remembered for this chilling short storyThe Night Wire, first published in Weird Tales in 1926. Though his total output was small, he had only three published stories, The Night Wire has kept his name alive among fans of early speculative fiction. The Night Wire blends horror, mystery, and science fiction in a way that was striking for its time, and it remains one of the most reprinted stories from the magazine’s long run. Little is known about Arnold’s life, which has only deepened the sense of mystery surrounding him, but his contribution to the genre has endured for nearly a century.