Cover for A Glass of Darkness
Short Story

A Glass of Darkness

1956

About this story

Ted Barton returns to his childhood hometown and finds streets, people, and records that contradict his memories. As he searches for the town he knew, ordinary life gives way to a struggle between mysterious powers.

Chronology

Work history

  1. no later than Aug 19, 1953

    Composition: no later than Aug 19, 1953

    Latest supported composition boundary based on agency receipt evidence.

    Medium confidence
  2. Aug 19, 1953

    Received by Scott Meredith Literary Agency

    Aug 19, 1953

  3. Dec 1956

    First published Dec 1956

    Satellite

  4. Expanded into The Cosmic Puppets

    Shorter precursor text later expanded/reworked as The Cosmic Puppets.

Textual relationships

Genealogy

  • Expanded intoThe Cosmic PuppetsShorter precursor text later expanded/reworked as The Cosmic Puppets.