The Yesteryear Phantom

Terror Takes a Bow

Joyce Wales had come to the musty summer theatre in Maine, little knowing the brutal terror she would soon feel. But in the dark, secret places of the theater building, Joyce sensed an ominous presence - a sinister portent of terror to come.

She frequently had nightmares of that long, dry August, and in them the heat and the phantom figure were inextricably linked. A summer theatre was an unlikely place for the appearance of a violent ghost garbed in the motoring costume of a past era.. Yet this phantom, undaunted by walls or doors, threatened to break up a show - and a life!

William Edward Daniel "W.E.D." Ross (1912 - 1995) was a Canadian actor, playwright, and best-selling author of more than 300 novels in many genres.