# The Salem horror

Author: Kuttner, Henry, 1915-1958; Brundage, Margaret, 1900-1976 [Illustrator]; Mooney, Jim (James Noel), 1919-2008 [Illustrator]

Genre: Category: Short Stories

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/76108

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=The+Salem+horror+Kuttner&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

When Carson first noticed the sounds in his cellar, he ascribed them to the rats. Later he began to hear the tales which were whispered by the superstitious Polish mill workers in Derby Street regarding the first occupant of the ancient house, Abigail Prinn. There was none living today who could remember the diabolical old hag, but the morbid legends which thrive in the “witch district” of Salem like rank weeds on a neglected grave gave disturbing particulars of her activities, and were unpleasantly explicit regarding the detestable sacrifices she was known to have made to a worm-eater, crescent-horned image of dubious origin. The oldsters still muttered of Abbie Prinn and her monstrous b...

## Chapters

- [Part 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-salem-horror-76108/chapters/1/index.md)
- [Part 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-salem-horror-76108/chapters/2/index.md)