02466cam a22003853u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003704000110007804100170008905000070010610000330011324500280014626400510017430000470022533600260027233700260029833800360032449000400036050000310040050800960043152011390052753400860166665300170175265300240176965300390179370000350183270000470186783000400191485600640195485600430201899900190206176131UtSlPG20260610134748.0mcr n260607r20251937utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aPS1 aWilliamson, Jack,d1908-200614aThe mark of the monster 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2025  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier1 aProduced from Weird Tales May 1937.  aRelease date is 2025-05-20  aGreg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net  a"The mark of the monster by Jack Williamson" is a pulp horror short story written in the early 20th century. Set in a decaying Appalachian town steeped in occult lore, it follows a young man’s return to a place of brooding superstition, where whispered talk of a monstrous twin, a blood-smeared cellar, and a hilltop altar entwine love, fear, and the suggestion of inhuman inheritance.  Claiborne Coe comes back to Creston to marry Valyne, despite a dire warning from his foster father, Doctor Kyle. After a brutish encounter with Jud Geer and glimpses of a chained “creature” in the cellar, Kyle convinces Clay he is half-demon with a monstrous twin. When the “monster” escapes and abducts Valyne to the forest altar, Clay fights it; Kyle’s rifle shot fells the beast. Valyne then reveals the ticking of Jud’s watch, exposing the “monster” as Jud in a mask. Kyle confesses a plot—abetted by his household—to terrorize Clay into suicide and seize his fortune, and when he turns his gun on them, Clay kills him in self-defense. Clay and Valyne leave Creston for good. (This is an automatically generated summary.)  pOriginally published:cIndianapolis, IN: Popular Fiction Publishing Company, 1937  aHorror tales  aVillages -- Fiction  aMan-woman relationships -- Fiction1 aBrundage, Margaret,d1900-19761 aDe Lay, H. S.q(Harold Saylor),d1876-1950 0aProduced from Weird Tales May 1937.4 uhttps://archive.org/details/WeirdTalesV29N05193705/mode/2up40uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/76131  c116856d116856