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Study 074 - The Thing of a Thousand Shapes - Part 2 (Patreon)

Published:
2024-01-11 14:00:02
Edited:
2024-01-18 20:59:10
Imported:
2026-06
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Jump in as we conclude our look at The Thing of a Thousand Shapes by Otis Adelbert Kline, featured in the second issue of Weird Tales!

Special thanks to reader Andrew Leman - grab up The Temple of Jupiter Ammon now!

Non-Fifer musical selection: Gnossienne: No. 1 by Erik Satie

Next up: The Monstrosity by George W. Crane

Comments

Aaron La Vene

I think, the hands. Man I hate to do this but I think it’s basically hinting at the premise of insidious. Aka ghost world beyond our ability to see unless close to them. Or having that “ability”

Jeremey Guttilla

Slandering the city of Peoria?! More please.

H P Lovecraft's Cat

I have a deep dread of psychotic cults myself, I dreamed of a lying Elf pushing a magical Elixir promising health and rejuvenation, the rest of the population joined with the Elf and wanted it be made mandatory, even though they were dying from the Elixir. It even included people wearing masks doing evil while pretending to be doing good. Thankfully it was only a dream.

Jim Cannon

Pyschoplasm IV is my favorite of the series. Don't get me wrong, Psychoplasm is a classic of the genre, but after the formulaic and diminishing returns of Psychoplasm II and Psychoplasm III, Psychoplasm IV really pushed the envelope and reinvigorated a faltering franchise. Psychoplasm V is just crap.

Steve

Oh no. Chris knows where I live.

REO Jackwagon

What a great ending! This story definitely got sketchy there for a bit but the author really brought it home in the end. It's so good to be back in Weird Tales too. Thanks!

Anne Ominous

Wow! That story went sideways weird towards the end, and as always, you two made a fine carafe of lemonade out of it. Great catch on noting the themes shared by the authors of that generation (sleeping, not dead, etc...) An open universe and they were riffing on each other

Sweatin' to the Great Oldies

I enjoyed the story, but it felt a bit like squishy Poe. Cleaner, safer, and decidedly more focused on a happy ending.

Stephen Hampshire

“Rhinoceros horse creatures being pursued by giant lizards” = unicorns and dragons?

Andrew M. Reichart

At “turns into a real Dracula” I nearly dropped my frying pan

Strength24

Draculocchio?!? OMG WRITE. IT.

KateSherrod

So nobody else thought of the Helping Hands from Labyrinth?

Richard Horsman

The end of this story cracked me up. Very "Beyond the Wall of Sleep," with the convenient introduction of automatic writing. On an unrelated but sad note, we lost the great short story writer Terry Bisson last week. He's probably best know for "They're Made Out of Meat" these days, but i would love to hear you guys talk about his classic "Bears Discover Fire." As the title suggests, it's about what happens when bears learn how to light fires, and how we react. Funny, fantastic, and unsettling, one that I wish we taught in schools.

Jared Ransom

How do you kill a pinnochio-dracula? Drive a sirloin through it's heart wood...

Forrest Rush

Ahh Dr. Rush. Doing our family proud with high end slam since 1921. Who knew getting a chemistry degree from the back of a penny dreadful would be ever so profitable.

Cheshire Rogue

“Draculocchio” Wouldn’t it be “Pinnochula”? Kinda like the “bunnicula” books