02348cam a22003493u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003704000110007804100170008905000070010610000500011324500200016326400510018330000470023433600260028133700260030733800360033349000450036950000310041450800960044552012060054153400830174765300180183065300170184865300260186583000450189185600430193699900190197971052UtSlPG20260610134637.0mcr n260607r20231928utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aPS1 aHoward, Robert E.q(Robert Ervin),d1906-193614aThe dream snake 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2023  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier1 aProduced from Weird Tales February 1928.  aRelease date is 2023-06-26  aGreg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net  a"The Dream Snake" by Robert E. Howard is a short story published in the late 1920s. This eerie tale features elements of horror and psychological suspense, exploring the realm of nightmares and the fear of the unknown. The story delves into the psychological experiences of the protagonist as he recounts an extremely vivid and haunting recurring dream that blurs the line between reality and imagination.  In the narrative, a man named Faming shares a horrifying dream about living in a solitary bungalow on a hill in Africa, where he feels a constant dread of being pursued by a monstrous serpent. As he describes the dream, Faming experiences intense fear and an overwhelming sense of impending doom, especially as he senses the serpent drawing nearer with each repetition of the dream. The story paints a vivid picture of his terror as he waits in the bungalow, grappling with his sanity while paralyzed by the anticipation of the serpent's arrival. Ultimately, the tale reaches a chilling conclusion with Faming's untimely death, suggesting the devastating power of fear and the psychological impact of one's nightmares becoming a horrifying reality. (This is an automatically generated summary.)  pOriginally published:cUnited States: Popular Fiction Publishing Company, 1928  aShort stories  aHorror tales  aNightmares -- Fiction 0aProduced from Weird Tales February 1928.40uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/71052  c111778d111778