Sea Curse E-Book

Robert E. Howard

• Herausgeber: SAMPI Books
• Kategorie: Abenteuer, Thriller, Horror
• Sprache: Englisch

Seitenzahl: 13

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2025

Beschreibung

"Sea Curse" is one of Robert E. Howard's early tales of the supernatural, set in a small, weather-beaten coastal village haunted by the power of guilt and vengeance. The story follows two reckless sailors whose cruelty toward a woman brings a strange and chilling retribution from the sea itself. Mixing nautical atmosphere, folklore, and moral dread, Howard crafts a dark fable about the price of cruelty and the inescapable pull of fate.

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Sea Curse

Robert E. Howard

SYNOPSIS

“Sea Curse” is one of Robert E. Howard’s early tales of the supernatural, set in a small, weather-beaten coastal village haunted by the power of guilt and vengeance. The story follows two reckless sailors whose cruelty toward a woman brings a strange and chilling retribution from the sea itself. Mixing nautical atmosphere, folklore, and moral dread, Howard crafts a dark fable about the price of cruelty and the inescapable pull of fate.

Keywords

Supernatural, Revenge, Witchcraft

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Sea Curse

And some return by the failing lightAnd some in the waking dream.For she hears the heels of the dripping ghostsThat ride the rough roofbeam.

—Kipling