The Night Wire

The Night Wire is a horror short story by H. F. Arnold, first published in 1926 in Weird Tales. Set in a western seaport town, it follows a night wire operator as he receives unsettling reports from his assistant, John Morgan, who becomes increasingly affected by a mysterious fog from a place called Xebico. The narrative explores themes of isolation and the uncanny, culminating in a chilling twist that leaves the protagonist and readers with an unresolved sense of dread and mystery surrounding the fog's true nature.