{"_id":"6292c393fa5c01e51eff5d4a","title":"The Masque of the Red Death","publish_year":1842,"publish_source":"Graham’s Magazine","publish_edition":"Vol. 20, Iss. 5","publish_scan":"https://archive.org/details/sim_grahams-illustrated-magazine_1842-05_20_5/page/256/mode/2up","author":"Edgar Allan Poe","code":"the-masque-of-the-red-death","words":2393,"image":"masque.jpg","image_alt":"An expresionless carnival mask. Graphite filter.","genres":["gothic","horror","mystery","fantasy"],"blurb":"The mask which concealed the visage was made so nearly to resemble the countenance of a stiffened corpse that the closest scrutiny must have had difficulty in detecting the cheat.","description":"When a plague ravages a city, a rich prince invites all the well-to-dos to take sanctuary in his castle where they party and revel as though nothing ever changed.","rating":4,"unique_cover":"A ghoul-looking man covered in paper and holding a rotting mask at a party..","cover_source":"Harry Clarke","has_review":true,"has_collections":[{"code":"gothic","title":"Best of Gothic","collection_type":"genre"}]}