{"_id":"6292c393fa5c01e51eff5e38","title":"The Rats in the Walls","publish_year":1924,"publish_source":"Weird Tales","publish_edition":"Vol. 3, No. 3","publish_scan":"https://archive.org/details/WeirdTalesV03n03192403/page/n25/mode/2up","author":"H. P. Lovecraft","code":"the-rats-in-the-walls","words":7935,"image":"brick.jpg","image_alt":"A broken brick wall. Graphite filter","genres":["gothic","horror"],"blurb":"Whether the arras actually moved I cannot say. I think it did, very slightly. But what I can swear to is that behind it I heard a low, distinct scurrying as of rats or mice.","description":"A man rebuilds his ancestral home and moves in, only to hear the sound of rats scurrying in the walls.","content_warning":["Use of Slurs (Lined out)"],"unique_cover":"Two men in a dark area see a table with a shining artifact on top. Drawing.","rating":4,"cover_source":true,"has_review":false,"has_collections":false}