{"_id":"6a269c07bac34a1391981a09","title":"The Second Generation","author":"Algernon Blackwood","code":"the-second-generation","publish_year":1914,"publish_source":"Ten Minute Stories","publish_scan":"https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=umn.319510023073554&seq=274","words":2653,"image":"knocker.jpg","image_alt":"a door knocker. Graphite filter.","genres":["gothic"],"description":"A man returns to the woman he has always loved, hoping that her husband has passed and she has been awaiting him all this time.","blurb":"Very slowly he walked up the drive, feeling that if a reasonable chance of escape presented itself he would almost take it. But all the windows stared so hard at him that retreat was really impossible now; and though no faces were visible behind the curtains, all had seen him.","rating":4,"has_review":false,"has_collections":false}