The Dark Other

The Dark Other

Dust-jacket from the first edition
Author Stanley G. Weinbaum
Cover artist Jon Arfstrom
Country United States
Language English
Genre Horror novel
Publisher Fantasy Publishing Company, Inc.
Publication date
1950
OCLC 2322264

The Dark Other is a horror novel by Stanley G. Weinbaum. It was first published in 1950 by Fantasy Publishing Company, Inc. in an edition of 700 copies. The manuscript, written in the 1920s, was originally titled The Mad Brain.

Plot introduction

The novel concerns Patricia Lane who is in love with Nicholas Devine, a quiet and gentle writer. Devine undergoes sudden changes becoming cold and calculating. Frightened by this, Lane consults psychologist Dr. Carl Horker who rescues her from Devine while under the influence of one of his spells. Devine again attacks Horker, and overcomes him. He is then shot by Lane and rushed to a hospital where a second brain is discovered and removed.

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