Demon of the Night — Rita Lakin

THE POSSESSION OF ELINOR

At first Andy could not believe the changes in his wife, Elinor recoiled from his touch. She kept asking about his first wife, Laurie, probing… She hung strange coins on the nursery wall and refused to leave the room. Gradually, loving Elinor became shrewish, screeching obscenities, even threatening his life!

The doctors called it a breakdown. But how did Elinor suddenly know the terrible secret of Laurie's death? How could Andy explain the brief, horrifying moment when he saw Elinor transformed -- into a living image of Laurie!

And what of that word she had spoken -- Lilla-abi -- and its haunting meaning?

Finally, he began to suspect…