{"_id":"6292c393fa5c01e51eff5dc2","title":"Mr. Skelmersdale in Fairyland","publish_year":1903,"publish_source":"The London Magazine","publish_edition":"Vol. 10","publish_scan":"https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_k8ckAQAAIAAJ/page/3/mode/2up","author":"H. G. Wells","code":"mr-skelmersdale-in-fairyland","words":5302,"image":"prance.jpg","image_alt":"A woman prancing away through a forest in a flowing, white dress. Graphite filter.","genres":["fantasy","adventure","literary"],"description":"A man visiting the quaint village of Bignor hears of a Mr. Skelmersdale and his notorious story of being kidnapped by fairies. Desparate to learn more, he attempts to make friends with the reclusive storyteller.","blurb":"Whether it really happened, whether he imagined it or dreamt it, or fell upon it in some strange hallucinatory trance, I do not profess to say. But that he invented it I will not for one moment entertain.","unique_cover":"A drawing of a man holding the hand of a fairy his size as little fairy children stand around","rating":4,"cover_source":true,"has_review":true,"has_collections":[{"code":"dreams","title":"Living the Dream","collection_type":"theme"}]}