{"_id":"64c830768c3fa3be5ac34c1d","title":"The Philosophy of Relative Existences","author":"Frank Stockton","code":"the-philosophy-of-relative-existences","words":2537,"publish_year":1893,"publish_source":"The Watchmaker’s Wife and Other Stories","publish_edition":"","publish_scan":"https://archive.org/details/watchmakerswifeo00stocuoft/page/140/mode/2up","image":"town.jpg","image_alt":"A cliffside town. Graphite filter.","genres":["literary","gothic"],"description":"Two travellers find a city, claimed by a local of a nearby village to be uninhabited. But once inside, the pair spot what they think are people running for cover.","blurb":"“Well, sirs, I scarcely can tell you; queer beings that are not flesh and blood, and that is all I know about it. A good many people living hereabouts have visited that place once in their lives, but I know of no one who has gone there a second time.”","rating":4,"has_review":false,"has_collections":false}