{"_id":"6a04fa6e0d809c6cc8692bb1","title":"The Thing on the Roof","author":"Robert E. Howard","code":"the-thing-on-the-roof","publish_year":1932,"publish_source":"Weird Tales","publish_edition":"Vol. 19, No. 2","publish_scan":"https://archive.org/details/Weird_Tales_v19n02_1932-02_sas/page/n69/mode/2up","words":3588,"image":"oldhands.jpg","image_alt":"Old hands","genres":["horror","gothic","fantasy"],"description":"Tussman, an acquantiance of the narrator, believes he has found a crypt of treasure in Central America but needs a book to narrow down the location.","blurb":"“I have seen that temple! I have stood before the altar. I have seen the sealed-up entrance of the chamber in which, the natives say, lies the mummy of the priest.”","rating":4,"unique_cover":"Two suited men in a room and a butler. One man holds a jewel necklace.","cover_source":true,"has_review":false,"has_collections":false}