{"_id":"6292c393fa5c01e51eff5e3a","title":"The Festival","publish_year":1925,"publish_source":"Weird Tales","publish_edition":"Vol. 5, No. 1","publish_scan":"https://archive.org/details/WeirdTalesV05N01192501/page/n169/mode/2up","author":"H. P. Lovecraft","code":"the-festival","words":3662,"image":"cult.jpg","image_alt":"Two men wearing hooded robes. Graphite filter","genres":["gothic","horror"],"blurb":"It was the Yuletide, that men call Christmas though they know in their hearts it is older than Bethlehem and Babylon, older than Memphis and mankind.","description":"Destined by traditions passed down from his ancestors, a man heads to Kingsport to partake in a festival of his people.","rating":3,"unique_cover":"Drawing of a man in a cloak following men in black hoods through a town. One hooded man carries a large book.","cover_source":true,"has_review":false,"has_collections":false}