What's the Name of That Book??? discussion

Wonder if you can help me with the title/author of either a short story or a novel (less likely) I read a long time ago. It's a horror/ghost story, about a radio host who spends the night at the radio station (trapped? not sure) and possibly going crazy. I don't remember it very well except for one image in my head of papers flying around, whipped up as if by a tornado, inside the radio station.

If anyone has an idea, I'd be very grateful. Thanks!

This sounds familiar - was the station in an old house, and did the DJ have his dog there? I've got this one in an anthology, but not sure which one. Let me go through some of them.

Hmmm.... I'm not sure. I have the impression that it was set in a city and the station is at the top of a building. Don't remember a dog. But I recall so little of it I might be completely wrong :-) Thanks for looking into this!

Found the story I was talking about - "Jane" by Barbara Gallow in the anthology "Ghosts: A Treasury of Chilling Tales Old and New". This doesn't sound like the story you're looking for, though, but it's a good one. Your description did remind me of another good story - The Night Wire by H.F. Arnold, which can be found on several sites. The only other thing I can think of would be an anthology entitled "Urban Horrors" - never read it, but it sounds like it would fit in there.

Phil, you're amazing! "The Night Wire" is it! I guess I just assumed it was a radio host and not wire service because it seemed urban, due to the skyscraper setting, but really what I was recalling was some kind of telecom-related element. I also remembered something about lots of paper, which would not make sense in a radio setting, but fits perfectly here. My memory is really poor :-)

As soon as I saw the title, a bell went off in my head--and the text confirms it. Thank you so much! It's a great story. I'll look up "Jane" too when I get a chance; it sounds interesting as well.

This is other? Not adult fiction? I'm adding this to the adult fiction shelf. If it belongs on ya too or ya only or somewhere else, feel free to edit the book on the shelf.

Well, this is going unshelved for now because I'm not finding it in any book (cursory search). Please someone, either shelve it or post here a book where it can be found. Thanks!

Night Wire is public domain, I found it by a Google Search. However I have the feeling I have read it before. I will have to drag out the ladder and climb up to the top shelf and go through my anthologies up there.

Done deal folks!

NIght Wire is collected in Masterpieces of Terror and the Supernatural edited by Marvin Kaye.

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12...

Thank you, Kris!

You're very Welcome.

And it gave me the chance to add a couple more books to my shelves!

M0rningstar wrote: "Phil, you're amazing! "The Night Wire" is it! I guess I just assumed it was a radio host and not wire service because it seemed urban, due to the skyscraper setting, but really what I was recalling..."

Glad I could be of help! Always liked that one!