# The Hanging Stranger

**Author:** Philip Dick
**Tags:** Science fiction, Short stories
**Price:** Free
**Formats:** DOCX, EPUB, FB2, PDF, TXT
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**Added:** 10.07.2026
**URL:** https://samolit.com/books/96724

## Description

In the seemingly ordinary town of Pikeville, television repairman Ed Loyce is confronted by a grotesque sight: a dead man hanging from a lamppost in the town square. What truly terrifies him, however, is not the macabre display itself, but the chilling indifference of every other resident. As Ed grapples with a reality where a public lynching goes unnoticed and unremarked, his world rapidly unravels. He soon discovers a sinister conspiracy, an insidious invasion hidden in plain sight, where familiar faces mask an unsettling truth. With his perception of reality crumbling and suspicion mounting, Ed Loyce finds himself a lone outlier in a world turned horrifyingly alien, desperately trying to expose the truth before he becomes the next silent warning.