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Title: The dream snake
Original Publication: United States: Popular Fiction Publishing Company, 1928.
Note: Reading ease score: 76.0 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.
Credits: Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http: //www.pgdp.net
Summary: "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.)
Author: Howard, Robert E. (Robert Ervin), 1906-1936
EBook No.: 71052
Published: Jun 26, 2023
Downloads: 114
Language: English
Subject: Short stories
Subject: Horror tales
Subject: Nightmares -- Fiction
LoCC: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature
Category: Text
Rights: Public domain in the USA.
This edition has images.
Title: The dream snake
Original Publication: United States: Popular Fiction Publishing Company, 1928.
Note: Reading ease score: 76.0 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.
Credits: Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http: //www.pgdp.net
Summary: "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.)
Author: Howard, Robert E. (Robert Ervin), 1906-1936
EBook No.: 71052
Published: Jun 26, 2023
Downloads: 114
Language: English
Subject: Short stories
Subject: Horror tales
Subject: Nightmares -- Fiction
LoCC: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature
Category: Text
Rights: Public domain in the USA.