{"_id":"62b9122ce503d666e65b1dc8","title":"The Leather Funnel","author":"Arthur Conan Doyle","code":"the-leather-funnel","words":4637,"image":"saber.jpg","image_alt":"A saber sword. Graphite filter.","publish_year":1902,"publish_source":"McClure’s Magazine","publish_edition":"Vol. 20, No. 1","publish_scan":"https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=coo.31924065815981&seq=27","genres":["horror","mystery"],"blurb":"“The charlatan is always the pioneer. From the astrologer came the astronomer, from the alchemist the chemist, from the mesmerist the experimental psychologist. The quack of yesterday is the professor of tomorrow.”","description":"A man visits his mysterious friend who is an avid collector of occult literature and rare artefacts. The friend reveals that he believes sleeping next to the artefacts allows one to see its history in their dreams. ","unique_cover":"A drawing of a terrified man staring into a funnel as spectral images appear around him.","cover_position":"bottom","rating":3,"cover_source":true,"has_review":false,"has_collections":false}