The Damp Man Trilogy

Allison V. Harding's grotesque Damp Man appears in three stories: 'The Damp Man' (1947), 'The Damp Man Returns' (1947), and 'The Damp Man Again' (1949). The stories follow journalist George Pelgrim and swimmer Linda Mallory as they encounter a monstrous figure who seems to have cultivated a bizarre obsession with the latter.

Allison V. Harding, a pseudonym for the mysterious figure, Jean Milligan, contributed several stories to Weird Tales throughout the 1940s, and early 50s.