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THE VOOM (1956)

 

SOURCE: "Horrer Howce" by Margaret St. Clair (Galaxy Magazine, July 1956).

DESCRIPTION: "From the sedan there came a wild burst of shrieking. It was like the flopping, horrified squawks of a chicken at the chopping block. The shrieks were still going on when the very thin arms came out with a --The light hid nothing. The three very thin arms came out with a plucked-off human arm..." ("Horrer Howce" by Margaret St. Clair)

NOTES: The Voom are inhabitants of another dimension used by Freeman in his horror houses. The wicked black arms inside the cars end up claiming all of his prospective buyers so Freeman turns his attention to even viler creatures, to make a horror house to exact his revenge on the Voom.

HISTORY:  St. Clair claims her inspiration for this story was the brand-new Disneyland.