Trying to identify a story involving an elongating arm

[brokenhillman]

Hello all, I’ve been trying to track down a short story for many years and wondered whether anyone here could help. The only web result I’ve come up with is someone else searching for the same tale! Since (s)he describes it so concisely, I shall be lazy and just quote that text:



“What short horror story ended with the woman's arm stretching from bed to wall to click the light off?

I read this short story about 20 years ago. All but the last paragraph concerned a couple meeting and starting a relationship, but the final paragraph saw them in bed together for the first time, and closed with the woman reaching out from the bed, running her elongating arm along the floor, to finally switch the light and plunge them into darkness. Can anyone recognise this and tell me the title / author?”

(Source: uk.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20070413091702AArTdQA)



Of the two replies, one proposes a title and author: “Bernard Grimshaw's fright at night,” however I’ve drawn a blank on both of those despite lengthy searches online.

I would be very interested to know whether anyone can pin this down. The only other piece of info I have is that the setting may be a hotel.

[Jojo Lapin X]

William Sansom, "A Woman Seldom Found."

[brokenhillman]

Fantastic - thank you very much indeed!