{"_id":"67cc09718f9e6c2cbce2cfc7","title":"A Suspicious Gift","author":"Algernon Blackwood","code":"a-suspicious-gift","publish_year":1906,"publish_source":"The Empty House and Other Short Stories","publish_scan":"https://archive.org/details/emptyhouseotherg00blacrich/page/218/mode/2up","words":4426,"image":"covering.jpg","image_alt":"a man covering his face with his hand. Graphite filter.","genres":["mystery","gothic"],"description":"A man struggling for money is visited by a man who spontaneously offers him thousands of dollars.","blurb":"Blake never knew how he managed to smother the cry that sprang to his lips, but smother it he did. In a second he was at the door, his knees trembling, his mind in a sudden and dreadful turmoil.","rating":4,"has_review":false,"has_collections":false}