Wake Up And Scream

by Milton K. Ozaki

She lay there rigid, trying to understand what was happening. It was no nightmare; the pains she felt told her that. Why was he doing this to her? Why? Without knowing it she began to scream.

160 pages, Paperback

First published May 1, 1959

About the author

Aka Robert O. Saber.

Milton K. Ozaki, born in Racine, Wisconsin from a Japanese father (Jingaro Ozaki, who later changed his name to Frank) and an American mother, Augusta Rathbun, was a journalist, a reporter and a beauty parlor operator (the Monsieur Meltoine beauty salon, in the Gold Coast section of Chicago). He is the author of approximately two dozen popular mid-20th Century detective novels under both his given name and the pseudonym Robert O. Saber, and is considered one of the first American mystery writers of Japanese descent. He died in Sparks, Nevada.

Reviews

[Leo · Rating 4 out of 5]

Been in a real horror mood today and this one didn't disappoint either. Don't usually have such luck with short stories as I often feel like they are to rushed and short for my taste. But I've really enjoyed quite a bit of them today. This was a very creepy little read

[Jesse · Rating 4 out of 5]

the most ambitious book i’ve read from Ozaki, a terrific pulp writer who got busted running a diploma mill.