Fear (novel)

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Fear
Author	L. Ron Hubbard
Country	United States
Language	English
Genre(s)	Horror novella
Publisher	Unknown Fantasy Fiction
Publication date	July 1940
Media type	Print (Pulp, later Hardback and Paperback)
ISBN	NA

Fear is a psychological thriller-horror novella by L. Ron Hubbard.

[edit] Summary

University professor James Lowry is a disbeliever in spirits or witches, or demons, so much so that he publishes an article in a newspaper denying the existence of them. He is warned of the possible repercussions by his friend Tommy Williams. That same spring evening his hat disappears. Lowry discovers the four hours of his life have gone missing. Lowry is pursued by an omnipotent evil force that is turning his whole world against him while it whispers a warning from the shadows: "...if you find your hat you'll find your four hours. If you find your four hours then you will die..." Lowry is suspicious that Tommy may be having an affair with his wife, Mary, even in his dreams of demons. The story resolves itself as Lowry discovers that the world itself does not really exist. Dark forces have created it, as his life as a human as a trap and a ruse in order to defeat "Lowry", actually a god-like being.