{"_id":"630af42fe240b5f240814de0","title":"The Dark Eidolon","author":"Clark Ashton Smith","code":"the-dark-eidolon","publish_year":1935,"publish_scan":"https://archive.org/details/Weird_Tales_v25n01_1935-01/page/n93/mode/2up","publish_source":"Weird Tales","publish_edition":"Vol. 25, No. 1","words":10455,"image":"rearing.jpg","image_alt":"A rearing, bridled horse. Graphite filter.","genres":["fantasy","horror","adventure","gothic"],"blurb":"But never could he forget the miseries of his boyhood in Ummaos and the wrong he had endured from Zotulla; and year by year he spun over in his thoughts the black web of revenge.","description":"A beggar boy is trampled by an indifferent young prince and is taken in by a powerful wizard and trained in dark arts. One day, the beggar boy has become a famed sorcerer and the prince a king, and revenge is due.","unique_cover":"Drawing of a statue with a mace","cover_position":"left","cover_source":true,"has_review":false,"has_collections":false}