{"_id":"6292c393fa5c01e51eff5d4b","title":"A Descent into the Maelstrom","publish_year":1841,"publish_source":"Graham’s Magazine","publish_edition":"May Edition","publish_scan":"https://archive.org/details/grahamsmagazine1819grah/page/n251/mode/2up","author":"Edgar Allan Poe","code":"a-descent-into-the-maelstrom","words":6876,"image":"ship.jpg","image_alt":"A wooden, five-masted sailing ship on the sea. Graphite filter.","genres":["gothic","adventure"],"blurb":"“Here the vast bed of waters, seamed and scarred into a thousand conflicting channels, burst suddenly into phrensied convulsion.”","description":"Overlooking the ocean from atop a craggy cliff, one man tells another of how he and his two brothers were dragged into the maelstrom below and how he survived.","rating":3,"unique_cover":"A boat spinning down an enormous vortex","cover_source":"Harry Clarke","cover_link":"https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/harry-clarke-s-illustrations-for-poe-s-tales-of-mystery-and-imagination-1919/","has_review":false,"has_collections":false}