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Synopsis. On a scorching August day, artist James Clarence Withencroft draws a sketch of a criminal in the dock immediately after the judge has given him a sentence. That evening, Withencroft goes for a walk and wanders into the workshop of a stonemason, Charles Atkinson.
A well-known and popular horror story by the English author William Fryer Harvey, first published in 1910.
23 de ago. de 2020 · Two strangers, an artist and a stonemason, meet in the sweltering heat of a mid-August afternoon. A series of uncanny coincidences suggest that their fates m...
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"August Heat" is a short story by the English author W. F. Harvey. It was first published in the collection Midnight House and Other Tales in 1910. In the story, an artist has a sudden inspiration and draws a sketch of a criminal in court.
"August Heat" tells the story of two strangers who have forecasted each other's deaths on a stifling, maddeningly hot day. The process of death being foretold through art and expression was exquisite. The build-up to the suspenseful ending was executed beautifully. This was SO GOOD!
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20 de ago. de 2019 · A short-short story of enigma and horror based on a mysterious vision of an artist in 1900. The story involves death, prediction, coincidence, art, and marble working in England.
August Heat by William Fryer Harvey, written in 1910, is about two men, unknown to each other, through strange circumstances suggests that one of them will be murdered and the other will be the...
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