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The Thrill Book Vol. I No. 1, March 1, 1919 by Various ~ Full Audiobook [fantasy]

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The Thrill Book Vol. I No. 1, March 1, 1919 by Various audiobook. Genre: fantasy Step into the birth of American weird pulp with The Thrill Book Vol. I No. 1 (March 1, 1919), a debut issue assembled by editor Harold Hersey to showcase stories that were stranger, darker, and less easily labeled than ordinary adventure fare. Across this fast-moving collection, readers roam from harsh frontiers to shadowed drawing rooms and into the lure of the occult. Greye La Spina opens the issue with 'Wolf of the Steppes,' a tense tale that blends danger, atmosphere, and uncanny suggestion. Will Gage Carey follows with 'Ivory Hunters,' plunging into peril and obsession where profit and survival collide. The mood turns hypnotic and mysterious in 'The Jeweled Ibis' (Part 1 of 2), where an ancient Egyptian curiosity draws its owners toward revelations they do not fully understand. In 'The Man Who Met Himself,' a startling encounter tests identity and sanity with a classic doppelganger twist. Between the fiction are brief, macabre flourishes in verse, including Roy Le Moyne's 'Lilith' and 'The Twisted Tapers,' presented as a translation from the Russian. The issue closes by launching the serial 'In the Shadows of Race' (Part 1 of 3), promising lost-world stakes and escalating danger to come. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:57:15) Chapter 02 (00:58:30) Chapter 03 (01:21:09) Chapter 04 (01:50:13) Chapter 05 (01:51:35) Chapter 06 (02:04:16) Chapter 07 (02:15:39) Chapter 08 (02:24:59) Chapter 09 (02:38:42) Chapter 10 (02:49:18) Chapter 11 (02:58:10) Chapter 12 (03:00:34) Chapter 13 (03:27:45) Chapter 14 (03:29:33) Chapter 15 (03:47:33) Chapter 16 (04:03:02) Chapter 17 (04:17:10) Chapter 18 (04:31:09) Chapter 19 (04:35:57) Chapter 20 (05:04:05) Chapter 21 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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