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100 1 _aHoward, Robert E.
_q(Robert Ervin),
_d1906-1936
245 1 0 _aRattle of bones
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2023
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
490 1 _aProduced from Weird Tales June 1929.
490 1 _aSolomon Kane
500 _aRelease date is 2023-04-27
508 _aGreg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net
520 _a"Rattle of Bones" by Robert E. Howard is a short story written in the early 20th century, specifically during the 1920s. This tale falls into the genre of horror-fantasy and features themes of vengeance and the supernatural. The story is set in a dark and foreboding tavern located in a mysterious forest, where the eerie atmosphere sets the stage for a confrontation with fate and retribution. In the narrative, two travelers, Solomon Kane and Gaston l'Armon, find themselves at the ominously named Cleft Skull Tavern, where they sense an unsettling tension. The story escalates as Kane discovers a hidden room containing a skeleton shackled to the floor, and soon, the treachery of his companion, Gaston, is revealed. The tale takes a dark turn when the tavern's host, a man driven to madness by his past and the horrors he inflicted upon others, attempts to kill Kane. However, the dead magician's bones, freed by Gaston, come back to claim vengeance. The climax reveals a macabre twist as the skeleton takes its final revenge on the twisted host, blending elements of supernatural horror with the harsh realities of human cruelty. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _pOriginally published:
_cUnited States: Popular Fiction Publishing Company, 1929
653 _aShort stories
653 _aHorror tales
653 _aPuritans -- Fiction
653 _aBlack Forest (Germany) -- Fiction
653 _aKane, Solomon (Fictitious character) -- Fiction
700 1 _aRankin, Hugh,
_d1878-1956
830 0 _aProduced from Weird Tales June 1929.
830 0 _aSolomon Kane
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/70653
999 _c111379
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