5/13/2023 0 Comments The invisible man wells![]() ![]() Wells’ writing was outstandingly effective during this period, and – had they not often explored subjects of horror, fantasy, and science fiction – they would have attracted academic attention for the skill which he demonstrated at prose, theme, and characterization. The man is driven to the brink of madness, and comits arson in a desperate bid to free himself from an enemy that he cannot see. Chillingly, the creature only makes its appearance known by drinking standing water, and by kneeling on its victim’s chest during his sleep. Twenty years later, Guy de Maupassant wrote a similar story, “The Horla,” about an invisible alien entity which latches onto a hapless man, leeching his strength with its vampiric power without ever being seen. The beast ultimately starves to death, and when a plaster cast is made of the corpse, an unearthly monster’s visage is revealed. Horrorstruck, they tie it to the bed and wait for it to surrender. Yet he has a hold on something, and his friends quickly verify this. Wrestling in the darkness, he is quickly aided by friends who turn up the gas to reveal – nothing. ![]() Most famously, Fitz-James O’Brien wrote “What Was It? A Mystery” in which a man is falling to sleep on his bed when a creature lands on top of him. ![]() Less magical stories made their way into modern literature, usually with more of an aura of horror. ![]()
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