The Calm Man

Frank Belknap Long's vivid imagination gives Sally the air of a romance touched by the uncanny, where longing and dread move side by side. A shy but self-assured young woman, Sally Anders goes to a party hoping this will be the night she meets the right man, only to be drawn to a striking stranger who seems to appear from nowhere and speaks with eerie calm about time, the moon, and the rhythms of life. His sudden proposal and unsettling confidence sweep her into marriage almost at once, but the mystery deepens when his reserved response to intimacy suggests he is far from ordinary. Intense, strange, and emotionally charged, this tale blends science fiction, suspense, and romantic yearning into a dramatic story of wonder shadowed by unease. This edition has been fully restored with modern typesetting, custom cover design.