03078cam a22003613u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003701000130007804000110009104100170010205000070011910000360012624500320016226400510019430000470024533600260029233700260031833800360034450000310038050501890041150801850060052016870078553400590247265300280253165300270255965300210258685600470260785600430265499900190269775827UtSlPG20260610134744.0mcr n260607r20251927utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  a27008465  aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aPS1 aWhite, Edward Lucas,d1866-193410aLukundoo, and other stories 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2025  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  aRelease date is 2025-04-090 aLukundoo -- Floki's blade -- The picture puzzle -- The snout -- Alfandega 49A -- The message on the slate -- Amina -- The pig-skin belt -- The house of the nightmare -- Sorcery Island.  aTim Lindell, Laura Natal and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from images made available by the HathiTrust Digital Library.)  a“Lukundoo, and other stories” by Edward Lucas White is a collection of short fiction written in the early 20th century. The volume brings together tales spanning the supernatural, the uncanny, and adventure, often blending horror and psychological suspense. The opening stories suggest a mix of exotic locales, mysterious diseases, dark folklore, and the testing of human character under extraordinary duress, introducing characters like Singleton, Etcham, Van Rieten, and Thorkell Vilgerdson as they confront bizarre and sometimes terrifying events.  The opening of the collection begins with "Lukundoo," where a group of men is drawn into a chilling tale recounting Singleton’s harrowing African experience. The narrative quickly introduces an atmosphere of mystery and dread: Singleton, typically reticent about his time in Africa, describes the plight of Stone, an extraordinary explorer afflicted by a grotesque and inexplicable malady that bewilders and terrifies his companions. As Singleton and his party seek to aid the suffering man, they encounter eerie manifestations—including strange voices, sinister swellings, and unnatural growths that blur the boundaries between folklore, sorcery, and disease—culminating in a climactic confrontation with the unknown. The subsequent opening of "Floki’s Blade" shifts to saga-like adventure, following Thorkell Vilgerdson as he is betrayed and cast adrift, only to begin a new chapter of trials and alliances in Iceland. Through these beginnings, the collection establishes its tone of suspenseful, character-driven tales steeped in the supernatural and the extraordinary. (This is an automatically generated summary.)  pOriginally published:cNew York: George H. Doran, 1927  aShort stories, American  aHorror tales, American  aAmerican fiction4 uhttps://hdl.handle.net/2027/wu.8909924862740uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/75827  c116552d116552