one test really weird (story) simply this–whether excited reader a pr — H.P. Lovecraft, Supernatural Horror Literature

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The one test of the really weird (story) is simply this–whether or not there be excited in the reader a profound sense of dread, and of contact with unknown spheres and powers; a subtle attitude of awed listening, as if for the beating of black wings or the scratching of outside shapes and entities on the known universe's utmost rim.

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