{"product_id":"the-snake-fiend-and-other-farnsworth-wright-9781915388056","title":"The Snake Fiend and Other Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003eA young chorister is thrilled to be chosen by Leonardo da Vinci to model for the face of Jesus in his painting of The Last Supper. But who will model for the face of Judas?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThree young men, from Germany, France, and England, swear eternal fidelity to one another - and then the Great War breaks out...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA small portable shrine, at the touch of a secret catch opens to reveal a sight that draws people to gaze upon it - and die!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKidnapped by a desert tribe, a bishop's daughter is the unwitting prize in a game of chess - played with live pieces!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA man driven mad by jealousy plans an ophidian revenge...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA mind-frazzling encounter with beings from the Fourth Dimension...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA grizzled old diver, shaken to the core by an underwater battle with an octopus...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwo sisters try to sleep in an unquiet house with an evil reputation...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA reporter investigates a strangely silent suicide...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA fairground fortuneteller foretells doom when a young man next sees the pole star...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese, and more, are the stories of Farnsworth Wright, editor of the legendary pulp magazine Weird Tales during a Golden Age in which it published the works of H P Lovecraft, Robert E Howard, Clark Ashton Smith, C L Moore, Robert Bloch, and others.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat of Wright's own fiction? Though some of it appeared in Weird Tales (often under the pseudonym Francis Hard) and its sister magazine Oriental Tales, much of it was published before, and reveals a different side to the man who presided over weird fiction's defining years. Stories from the Great War, from his days as a newspaper reporter, from his time as a music critic and opera promotor - sentimental stories of virtue and vice, adventurous stories and tales of revenge!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Farnsworth Wright\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1915388058\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781915388056\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bookship\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/15\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 232\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.51lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.81h x 5.06w x 0.49d","brand":"Farnsworth Wright","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46571185537279,"sku":"9781915388056","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b1e5d43c-4064-4223-82fa-5de4fd52d5f4.jpg?v=1738807490","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-snake-fiend-and-other-farnsworth-wright-9781915388056","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}