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Jakes</div> - -<div style='display:block; margin:1em 0'>Release Date: June 29, 2021 [eBook #65727]</div> - -<div style='display:block; margin:1em 0'>Language: English</div> - -<div style='display:block; margin:1em 0'>Character set encoding: UTF-8</div> - -<div style='display:block; margin-left:2em; text-indent:-2em'>Produced by: Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net</div> - -<div style='margin-top:2em; margin-bottom:4em'>*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE MOST HORRIBLE STORY ***</div> - -<div class="titlepage"> - -<h1>THE MOST HORRIBLE STORY</h1> - -<h2>By John W. Jakes</h2> - -<p>Do you think a story could ever make you<br /> -shudder with a horror too great to bear? There<br /> -is one like that—and you <i>will</i> have to read it!</p> - -<p>[Transcriber's Note: This etext was produced from<br /> -Imagination Stories of Science and Fantasy<br /> -January 1952<br /> -Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that<br /> -the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed.]</p> - -</div> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<p>The room was a very plain room. It had four walls, a ceiling, a floor. -But it was new to Thompson because he had never seen it before. He -stood in a relaxed fashion, studying it. There was a desk in the center -of the room. It was gray, but Thompson could not identify the material -from which it was made. A very old man with a clipped beard sat behind -the desk. A candle flickered in a brass holder on top of the desk.</p> - -<p>"Pardon me," said Thompson.</p> - -<p>The old man looked at him. He had been looking at Thompson for a long -time. In fact, Thompson could not remember a time when the old man had -not been looking at him.</p> - -<p>"You like horror stories, I take it," the old man said. "That's why -you're here. Everybody in the world likes a good horror story, at least -once in their lives."</p> - -<p>"Yes," said Thompson, filled with vague relief, "I guess that's why I'm -here."</p> - -<p>"Fine," said the old man. He reached into the desk. Where, Thompson -couldn't tell. Just out of sight. No drawers slid. But his hands came -out, and they held a white card. Again they vanished. This time they -held a metal-pointed pen. There was ink in the pen. It shone with a -night-blue luster in the candle flame.</p> - -<p>"Name," said the old man.</p> - -<p>"James Thompson."</p> - -<p>"Born."</p> - -<p>Thompson thought a minute. "March third, nineteen oh two. Is all this -necessary?"</p> - -<p>The old man seemed annoyed. "Of course. We must have all the records, -in order that you may become a full-time member."</p> - -<p>"Full-time member of what?" Thompson asked. He noticed that the pen -seemed always full of ink.</p> - -<p>"The Horror Book Club, of course," the old man replied. He scratched -on the card, writing down the information Thompson had given him. Then -he put both card and pen out of sight under the desk. His hands came -back up, empty.</p> - -<p>"Everything has been taken care of," he said, smiling. "You've been -admitted."</p> - -<p>"Is that right," Thompson said aloud. He had begun to wonder whether -membership in this club was exclusive. The candle kept on burning, but -it stayed the same size.</p> - -<p>"Er ... what kind of books do you have? I mean, could you let me have -an idea of some of your titles? <i>Dracula</i>, <i>Frankenstein</i>, <i>The Turn of -the Screw</i>, things like that?"</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<p>The old man laughed again, this time like he was chiding a small and -extremely foolish child. "Oh no, Mr. Thompson. We deal in actual, stark -horror. We never use second-rate products."</p> - -<p>The hands dipped down again. Thompson wondered if it was some kind of -game. They came back up. They put a book on the desk. It was a thin -book, roughly a foot square. It had a whitish cover. The old man's -fingers rasped on the cover when he put it down on the desk.</p> - -<p>"Human skin," the old man said cheerfully. "Very good binding."</p> - -<p>"Um ... yes," said Thompson. He glanced at the cover. In square letters -the cover said, <i>The Most Horrible Story In The World</i>. Smaller type, -down near the lower right hand corner, said, <i>James Thompson, January -3, 1953</i>.</p> - -<p>"Why, that's today," Thompson said.</p> - -<p>The old man waved. "A formality. We always record on the books when a -new member enters the club. Keeps the records straight."</p> - -<p>"Oh," Thompson said. "Do I ... just start reading?"</p> - -<p>The old man shook his head and got up. He took the book in one hand, -the candle in the other. "I'll conduct you to one of our reading rooms. -We provide special reading rooms for the use of members."</p> - -<p>Thompson did not comment. He followed the old man. They went through an -opening in the wall that he had not seen before. But it was in a dim -corner, difficult to see clearly.</p> - -<p>They walked down a long hall. On each side of the hall were closed -doors. The candle made shapes move on the walls.</p> - -<p>"What's that screaming?" Thompson asked, a bit puzzled. "It seems to -come from behind these doors."</p> - -<p>"That's right," the old man said over his shoulder. "This is the Horror -Book Club, you know. All of our members take an active interest in -their reading. They participate. They get horrified. It's really a -horrible book, you know."</p> - -<p>"Is it?" Thompson felt a slight tingle of expectancy run along his -back. He felt somewhat masochistic at the moment. A new thought struck -him. "Is that the only book you carry?"</p> - -<p>"Yes," said the old man. "We've had many editions made. It's the <i>most</i> -horrible story in the world, you understand. The most horrible one -ever conceived. That's why all our members read it."</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<p>The hall seemed to stretch on endlessly. Doors marched by. Screams -faded, new screams took their place. "How late are you open?" Thompson -asked.</p> - -<p>"I stay here all the time," the old man said. "Members are always -coming in. They usually stay for a long time. The book is irresistible."</p> - -<p>"Must be," Thompson said.</p> - -<p>Finally they came to a door. The old man stopped. He seemed to pull at -the door and it opened, although there was no handle on it. He motioned -Thompson inside.</p> - -<p>The reading room had one chair and one table. An unlit candle stood on -the table. The old man applied flame from his candle.</p> - -<p>"Severe," he said, indicating the room, "but functional. All you really -need to enjoy a good horror story."</p> - -<p>"Well, thanks," Thompson stammered. The old man put the book down on -the table. "Do ... er ... is it customary to pay, or tip?" Thompson -said awkwardly.</p> - -<p>"Oh no. The Founders take care of that."</p> - -<p>"Um. Founders. Still alive, eh?"</p> - -<p>"Oh, certainly."</p> - -<p>"Must like horror stories, to set up a place like this."</p> - -<p>"They do," the old man assured him. "Well, I hope you like the book."</p> - -<p>He walked out and closed the door. Thompson said, "Well," a couple of -times, saw that no one was listening, laughed foolishly and sat down on -the chair. He picked up the book, feeling the tingle on his spine once -more. He opened the book. He began to read.</p> - -<p>It was a very short story. He finished it almost immediately. And it -certainly was horrible. Almost too horrible. He closed the book and got -up. His face felt very pale. He went to the door. He tried to open it. -It would not open.</p> - -<p>"Old man," he yelled. "Old man, old man." He was so insistent in his -yelling that he did not stop to think about the other screaming out in -the hall. He expected the old man to come, and he did.</p> - -<p>The old man's voice said through the door, "Yes?"</p> - -<p>"I don't like this book," Thompson said.</p> - -<p>The old man said nothing.</p> - -<p>"And the door's locked. I want to leave."</p> - -<p>"You can't."</p> - -<p>"What do you mean I can't? What kind of a place is this anyway?" His -tone was threatening, belligerent. And weak.</p> - -<p>"You're a member now." It was very final.</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<p>Thompson felt that the old man was gone. He shouted, "Old man, old -man." There was no answer. He went back to the table. His stomach -seemed to be gone. He opened the book. He read the story again. He -couldn't help reading it. It had a kind of fascination. He began to -see the true horror in the tale.</p> - -<p>When he had re-read it for the fifth time, he started to scream. -Everybody else screamed, why shouldn't he? After all, he was in the -mood, his stomach felt icy. The candle kept on burning, but it stayed -the same size.</p> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<div class="figcenter"> - <img src="images/illus.jpg" alt=""/> - <div class="caption"> - <p>His eyes showed a glazed expression of madness as the full import of what he had just read registered on his mind. And then he screamed—and screamed....</p> - </div> -</div> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<p>He alternated between periods of screaming and reading. And each time -he read the book, it became more horrible. The infinity of horrible -horror was something too vast to contemplate.</p> - -<p>He felt no need for food or water or sleep, the story was so horrible.</p> - -<p>Thompson stopped screaming again and opened the book, perhaps for the -thousandth time. He anticipated it now, anticipated the screaming it -would cause.</p> - -<p>The candle kept on burning. Thompson read the story from the book of -skin with his name on it. He read it rapidly. 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