02447cam a22003733u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003704000110007804100170008905000070010610000300011324500250014326400510016830000470021933600260026633700260029233800360031849000670035450000310042150800960045252012000054853400770174865300180182565300200184365300170186365300350188070000290191583000670194485600430201199900190205473938UtSlPG20260610134718.0mcr n260607r20241959utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aPS1 aSharkey, Jack,d1931-199214aThe man who was pale 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2024  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier1 aProduced from Fantastic Science Fiction Stories December 1959.  aRelease date is 2024-06-28  aGreg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net  a"The Man Who Was Pale" by Jack Sharkey is a short story written in the late 1950s, originally published in Fantastic Science Fiction Stories. This tale blends elements of horror and dark humor, focusing on the peculiar interactions between a kind-hearted yet overly concerned landlady and her mysterious tenant, Vandor Thobal. The story explores themes of fear, curiosity, and the unknown, as well as the lengths to which one might go to ensure their own comfort—or survival.  In the story, Mrs. Tibbets, a worry-prone landlady, rents out rooms in her large house to tenants in need of shelter, one of whom is the unnervingly pale Vandor Thobal. Thobal's odd habits and nocturnal lifestyle lead to Mrs. Tibbets's escalating concern, particularly as she notices strange occurrences around him and hears rumors of mysterious health crises in the neighborhood. Despite her apprehensions, she tries to help him, eventually discovering that Thobal harbors a darker secret linked to his unearthly appearance and his attachment to a peculiar wooden box. The climax reveals that Thobal is not as he seems, leading to a startling and unsettling conclusion. (This is an automatically generated summary.)  pOriginally published:cNew York, NY: Ziff-Davis Publishing Company, 1959  aShort stories  aFantasy fiction  aHorror tales  aLandlord and tenant -- Fiction1 aSummers, Leo,d1925-1985 0aProduced from Fantastic Science Fiction Stories December 1959.40uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/73938  c114663d114663