Night of Impossible Shadows by Allison V. Harding

About this episode

This episode features a reading of 'Night of Impossible Shadows', a short story by Allison V. Harding about a land ruled by mad shadows.

"Night of Impossible Shadows" is a short story by the American author, Allison V. Harding. The story first appeared in Weird Tales in September 1945, and was described as follows: "A land where shadows ruled, shadows gone mad, doing things not meant to be done or utterly impossible!" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Topics covered

• horror
• fiction
• short story
• shadows
• madness

Keywords

• horror
• Allison V. Harding
• shadows
• Weird Tales
• short story

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Night of Impossible Shadows, Weird Tales

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