One Night of Terror

'One Night of Terror' is a novel in the horror-genre, written by Arthur Leo Zagat. The story begins in the middle of the night, where in the darkness, Norma Lloyd could not see the little bridge over Wayne Creek. But she knew from the hollow rumble of boards under the roadster that they were on it. From beneath, the brawling of the thaw-swollen stream was greedy, ominous, and the hills circumscribing Hidden Valley, black against a black sky, seemed near, too near. They were like the inexorably moving walls of some monstrous Inquisition pressing inward, imperceptibly inward, till their victim must be crushed between. The girl shuddered and shrugged closer to her companion. The rasp of his rough tweed sleeve against her cheek, the sharp redolence of tobacco, gave her a grateful feeling of security. She felt the swell of his biceps as he toolled the car around an unseen, familiar curve, and an aura of masculine protection enveloped her. The car slowed.