{"_id":"6292c393fa5c01e51eff5d42","title":"The Pit and the Pendulum","publish_year":1842,"publish_source":"The Gift: A Christmas and New Year's Present for 1843","author":"Edgar Allan Poe","code":"the-pit-and-the-pendulum","words":6098,"image":"brick.jpg","image_alt":"A brick wall. Graphite filter.","genres":["gothic","horror"],"blurb":"Then silence, and stillness, and night were the universe.","description":"A man is imprisoned in a dark room, soon finding himself strapped to an agonisingly torturous machine.","unique_cover":"A naked man strapped down with a sharp pendulum swinging over him.","cover_source":"Harry Clarke","cover_link":"https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/harry-clarke-s-illustrations-for-poe-s-tales-of-mystery-and-imagination-1919/","has_review":false,"has_collections":false}