Selección Terror: A Solas con Charly

Museum Catalog Note *A Solas con Charly* (Alone with Charly), by Lou Carrigan, is a psychological thriller serialized in the Spanish pulp magazine *Selección Terror* (Terror Selection), issue 478, April 1977. The narrative follows six affluent, bored young Londoners—Alfred, Lucian, Rod, Sally, Rosie, and Linda—confined to an apartment on a Friday afternoon, seeking distraction from their ennui. When discussion turns to drug use as a potential escape, tensions escalate. Rosie discovers a personal advertisement in *Young Life* magazine placed by someone named Charly, who solicits companionship. Against the group's warnings, she calls the number. The story develops through her telephone conversation with Charly, whose measured, agreeable voice intrigues her. The narrative explores themes of alienation, moral decay among privileged youth, and the dangerous allure of anonymous encounters as remedy for existential boredom.