{"_id":"6560301f1a3cc2f34d523d6e","title":"The City of the Singing Flame","author":"Clark Ashton Smith","code":"the-city-of-the-singing-flame","publish_year":1931,"publish_source":"Wonder Stories","publish_edition":"Vol. 3, No. 2","publish_scan":"https://archive.org/details/Wonder_Stories_v03n02_1931-07/page/n59/mode/2up","words":15602,"image":"temple.jpg","image_alt":"The marbled pillars of a temple. Graphite filter","genres":["fantasy","adventure","sci-fi","gothic"],"description":"Philip Hastane’s friend Giles Angarth, a semi-famous author, has disappeared along with another artist. Hastane receives a letter from the missing man, describing a mysterious world he discovered that houses an enchanting fountain of flame and alluring music.","blurb":"The temptation to return is more cogent than ever; the call of that remembered music is sweeter than the voice of a loved woman.","unique_cover":"Two men walking amongst a city full of aliens.","rating":4,"cover_source":true,"has_review":false,"has_collections":[{"code":"music","title":"The Mystery of Music","collection_type":"theme"}]}