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The official HorrorBabble Originals podcast: a home for new and original weird tales.
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"No Eye-Witnesses" by Henry S. Whitehead
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"No Eye-Witnesses" is a August 1932 Weird Tale by the American author, Henry S. Whitehead. "Everard Simon had a weird experience in Flatbush when his shoes were caked with blood and forest mold from the slaying of Jerry the Wolf."Door HorrorBabble
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"Worms of the Earth" by Robert E. Howard
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"Worms of the Earth" is a Bran Mak Morn short story by Robert E. Howard. As described by Weird Tales in its November 1932 edition: "A grim, shuddery tale of the days when Roman legions ruled in Britain—a powerful story of Bran Mak Morn, king of the Picts, and a gruesome horror from the bowels of the earth."…
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"The Transition of Juan Romero" by H. P. Lovecraft
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"The Transition of Juan Romero" is a short story by H. P. Lovecraft, first published in Marginalia, a 1944 Arkham House collection.Door HorrorBabble
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"The Terror" by Guy de Maupassant
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"The Terror" is a horror short story by French author, Guy de Maupassant. The story tells of an individual who has taken the decision to marry due to an overbearing fear of loneliness.Door HorrorBabble
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"The Theft of the Thirty-Nine Girdles" by Clark Ashton Smith
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"The Theft of the Thirty-Nine Girdles" is a short story by Clark Ashton Smith that takes place in the fictional prehistoric setting of Hyperborea. The story, which is the second story to feature the character Satampra Zeiros, was first published under the title, THE POWDER OF HYPERBOREA, in the March 1958 edition of Saturn.…
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"The House Party at Smoky Island" by L. M. Montgomery
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"The House Party at Smoky Island" is a short story by Canadian author, L. M. Montgomery. The tale first appeared in Weird Tales Magazine in August 1935. The story revolves around an unusual house party in the wilds of central Ontario, in which ghost stories are exchanged.Door HorrorBabble
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"Time-Fuse" by John Metcalfe
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"Time-Fuse" is a short story by the English author, John Metcalfe. Published in the 1931 collection "Judas and Other Stories", tells of a séance hosted by a lady with a more than casual interest in spiritualism.Door HorrorBabble
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"Up Under the Roof" by M. W. Wellman
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"Up Under the Roof" is a short story by American writer, Manly Wade Wellman, which first appeared in Weird Tales in October 1938. The tale tells of something stalking the space between the roof-peak and the ceiling, in an old, shabby house.Door HorrorBabble
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"A Tropical Horror" by William Hope Hodgson
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"A Tropical Horror" is a short story by William Hope Hodgson. First published in The Grand Magazine in its June 1905 edition, the tale tells of a ship attacked by a monstrous sea creature.Door HorrorBabble
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"King of the Forgotten People" by Robert E. Howard
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"King of the Forgotten People" is a short story by Robert E. Howard, first appearing in Magazine of Horror in its Summer 1966 edition, incorrectly titled, VALLEY OF THE LOST. The story tells of Jim Brill, and his strange journey into the hidden city of Khor.Door HorrorBabble
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"The Man of Stone" by H. P. Lovecraft & Hazel Heald
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"The Man of Stone" is a short story written by H. P. Lovecraft and Hazel Heald. Published in the October 1932 issue of Wonder Stories, it tells of two friends who go in search of several peculiarly life-like stone statues in the remote Adirondack Mountains of New York.Door HorrorBabble
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"The Demon of the Flower" by Clark Ashton Smith
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"The Demon of the Flower" is a short story by Clark Ashton Smith. First published in the December 1933 edition of Astounding Stories, the story tells of a desperate king's attempt to save his betrothed from an unusually macabre fate.Door HorrorBabble
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"The Last of Mrs. DeBrugh" by H. Sivia
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"The Last of Mrs. DeBrugh" is a short story by the little-known author, H. Sivia. First appearing in the October 1937 edition of Weird Tales, the story was described as follows: "DeBrugh was dead, but he still regarded his promise as a sacred duty to be fulfilled."Door HorrorBabble
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"The Man Who Lost His Head" by Thomas Burke
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"The Man Who Lost His Head" is a short story by the English author, Thomas Burke, first published in the Blue Book Magazine, November 1935. "Something had happened which didn't happen; something out of nature; something against the sun."Door HorrorBabble
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"An Appetite for Steam" by Ian Gordon / Van Melsen, Case #11
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"An Appetite for Steam" is a Peter Van Melsen story by Ian Gordon. In the story, our intrepid P. I. finds himself up against a novel threat aboard a North Yorkshire steam train.Door HorrorBabble
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"The Creeper in the Crypt" by Robert Bloch
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"The Creeper in the Crypt" is a short story by American writer, Robert Bloch. First appearing in Weird Tales in July 1937, the story tells of an unusual case of kidnapping in witch-haunted Arkham.Door HorrorBabble
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"The Man Who Made Faces" by C. P. Howard
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From our ARTIFACTS OF HORROR: VOLUME 2 series, 2024. Previously unpublished, "The Man Who Made Faces" tells the curious tale of a man haunted by a past mistake.Door HorrorBabble
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"The Shattered Timbrel" by Wallace J. Knapp
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"The Shattered Timbrel" by American author Wallace J. Knapp, first appeared in Weird Tales Magazine in January 1935. The story tells of a desperate scientist, whose experiments in resurrection yield unfortunate results…Door HorrorBabble
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"The Puppeteer of Prague" by Paul Draper
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"The Puppeteer of Prague" is a short story by the British author, Paul Draper. The story appeared in Draper's 2020 collection, Black Gate Tales. In the author's own words: "On the eve of the Sudetenland annexation, a depressed Czech bureaucrat uncovers the rumour of a murderous mannequin dispatching traitors in the city."…
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"The Coming of the White Worm" by Clark Ashton Smith
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"The Coming of the White Worm" is a short story by Clark Ashton Smith that takes place in the fictional prehistoric setting of Hyperborea. The tale, which was first published in the April 1941 issue of Stirring Science Stories, and sometimes includes the subtitle, "Chapter IX of the Book of Eibon", concerns the victim of a monstrous entity’s scourg…
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CROSSED WIRES / A Strange Radio Broadcast from 1978
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In the latest episode of THE UNTOLD MYSTERIES PODCAST, the show's host, Dan Rogers, shares the strange story of a 1978 radio broadcast, concerning a series of calls the station received from a man who claimed to be under the watchful eye of a mysterious sea creature. Performers: Erik Peabody as "Dan Rogers" Ian Gordon as "John Price" Tony Walker as…
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"The Music of Erich Zann" by H. P. Lovecraft
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"The Music of Erich Zann" is a short story by H. P. Lovecraft. First published in National Amateur in its March 1922 edition, the story tells of a peculiar musician who occupies the attic room of an ancient house.Door HorrorBabble
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”The Translucents” by Ian Gordon / Van Melsen, Case #10
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"The Translucents" is a Peter Van Melsen story by Ian Gordon. In the story, the P. I. visits the coastal town of Southport, in order to investigate the alleged presence of doppelgangers in a vast antiques centre.Door HorrorBabble
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"The Mezzotint" by M. R. James
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Written by British writer, M. R. James, The Mezzotint tells of a strange engraving, with even stranger properties…Door HorrorBabble
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"Porcelain Blood" by Tamlan Dipper
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"Porcelain Blood" is a 2024 Cthulhu Mythos story by the British writer, Tamlan Dipper. The tale, which takes place in China in 1928, tells of a British Shanghai Municipal Police constable, who finds himself drawn into a strange investigation, involving of a room with no doors, a theft with no object, and a criminal who has committed no legislated c…
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"The Testament of Athammaus" by Clark Ashton Smith
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"The Testament of Athammaus" is a short story by Clark Ashton Smith that takes place in the fictional prehistoric setting of Hyperborea. The tale was first published in the October 1932 issue of Weird Tales Magazine, described as follows: "The state executioner's story of an incredible monstrosity that struck terror to an entire city."…
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"The Shadow Over Innsmouth" by H. P. Lovecraft (2024 Recording, 5/5)
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*This is the second HorrorBabble recording of TSoI* Forming part of Lovecraft’s Cthulhu Mythos, THE SHADOW OVER INNSMOUTH tells the strange story of an unnamed student, whose visit to a decrepit Massachusetts seaport—the crumbling town of Innsmouth—leads to a number of shocking and personal revelations……
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"The Shadow Over Innsmouth" by H. P. Lovecraft (2024 Recording, 4/5)
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Part 5 will follow May 17th at 8PM UK. *This is the second HorrorBabble recording of TSoI* Forming part of Lovecraft’s Cthulhu Mythos, THE SHADOW OVER INNSMOUTH tells the strange story of an unnamed student, whose visit to a decrepit Massachusetts seaport—the crumbling town of Innsmouth—leads to a number of shocking and personal revelations……
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"The Lighthouse" by Aaron Vlek
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"The Lighthouse" is a 2023 Cthulhu Mythos story by the American author, Aaron Vlek. As summarised by the author: "A psychotherapist with a specialty in Dream Swimming sets out to discover if any of the troubling rumors about the old lighthouse, hastily repurposed as a psychiatric facility/research center, are true."…
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"The Shadow Over Innsmouth" by H. P. Lovecraft (2024 Recording, 3/5)
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Part 4 will follow May 16th at 8PM UK. *This is the second HorrorBabble recording of TSoI* Forming part of Lovecraft’s Cthulhu Mythos, THE SHADOW OVER INNSMOUTH tells the strange story of an unnamed student, whose visit to a decrepit Massachusetts seaport—the crumbling town of Innsmouth—leads to a number of shocking and personal revelations……
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"The Shadow Over Innsmouth" by H. P. Lovecraft (2024 Recording, 2/5)
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Part 3 will follow May 15th at 8PM UK. *This is the second HorrorBabble recording of TSoI* Forming part of Lovecraft’s Cthulhu Mythos, THE SHADOW OVER INNSMOUTH tells the strange story of an unnamed student, whose visit to a decrepit Massachusetts seaport—the crumbling town of Innsmouth—leads to a number of shocking and personal revelations……
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"The Shadow Over Innsmouth" by H. P. Lovecraft (2024 Recording, 1/5)
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Part 2 will follow May 14th at 8PM UK. *This is the second HorrorBabble recording of TSoI* Forming part of Lovecraft’s Cthulhu Mythos, THE SHADOW OVER INNSMOUTH tells the strange story of an unnamed student, whose visit to a decrepit Massachusetts seaport—the crumbling town of Innsmouth—leads to a number of shocking and personal revelations……
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"Prunes" by C. P. Howard
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From our HORROR AT THE POLES series, 2023. "The water between the lighthouse and the island started to freeze, and the lone watchman looked on in horror.”Door HorrorBabble
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"Piecemeal" by Oscar Cook
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"Piecemeal" is a short story by the British author, Oscar Cook. Published in Weird Tales in February 1930, the following sinister synopsis preceded the yarn: “He slipped in a pool of blood that had dripped from the severed head.”Door HorrorBabble
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"The Horror Undying" by M. W. Wellman
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"The Horror Undying" is a short story by the American author, Manly Wade Wellman. The story first appeared in Weird Tales in May 1936, and was described by the magazine as follows: “A grim and gruesome story of a strange appetite—the tale of a grisly horror.”Door HorrorBabble
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"The White Sybil" by Clark Ashton Smith
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"The White Sybil" is a short story by Clark Ashton Smith that takes place in the fictional prehistoric setting of Hyperborea. The tale was first published alongside David H. Keller's "Men of Avalon" by Fantasy Publications in 1934. "He knew that he had seen the White Sybil, that mysterious being who was rumored to come and go as if by some preterhu…
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"The Evil Clergyman" by H. P. Lovecraft (2021 Recording)
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"The Evil Clergyman" is an excerpt from a letter written by American horror fiction writer H. P. Lovecraft in 1933. After his death, it was published in the April 1939 issue of Weird Tales as a short story. The tale centres around an ancient house, in the attic of which a terrible fate met its former occupant.…
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"Tzo-Lin’s Nightingales" by Ben Belitt
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"Tzo-Lin’s Nightingales" is a short story by Ben Belitt. Published in Weird Tales in February 1931, it was given the following intriguing synopsis: "It was an unostentatious little Chinese shop, yet it was the scene of an incredible madness and a weird horror."Door HorrorBabble
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"2 B R 0 2 B" by Kurt Vonnegut
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Penned by American writer, Kurt Vonnegut, "2 B R 0 2 B" tells of a dystopian future, in which death has become a voluntary act.Door HorrorBabble
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"Rats" is a short story by M. R. James. The tale, which first appeared in At Random Magazine in March 1929, tells of the mystery surrounding a locked room in an isolated inn on the Suffolk Coast.Door HorrorBabble
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"The Door to Saturn" by Clark Ashton Smith
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"The Door to Saturn" is a short story by Clark Ashton Smith that takes place in the fictional prehistoric setting of Hyperborea. First published in the January 1932 edition of Strange Tales of Mystery and Terror, the story was described as follows: "Beyond sea and sky the wizard Eibon pursues his outlandish wanderings."…
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"The Mist-Monster" by Granville S. Hoss
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"The Mist-Monster" is a short story by Granville S. Hoss. Published in Weird Tales in February 1928, it was described as follows: "A weird mist billowed up from the cave—and horrible was the thing that it did."Door HorrorBabble
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"The Living Eyes" by Justin Dowling
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"The Living Eyes" is a May 1953 Weird Tale by the American author, Justin Dowling. "Mrs. Weir might die; her eyes would live forever..."Door HorrorBabble
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"Keeping His Promise" by Algernon Blackwood
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"Keeping His Promise", which first appeared in Blackwood's 1906 collection, The Empty House and Other Ghost Stories, tells of an unusual pact, and a visit from an old friend.Door HorrorBabble
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"The Urbanite" by Ewen Whyte
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"The Urbanite" is a short story by the little-known author, Ewen Whyte. First published in the January 1950 edition of Weird Tales, it was described as follows: “The great City is never still, for even when it sleeps under darkness it stirs unceasingly with nightmare thoughts.”Door HorrorBabble
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”Mother of Toads” by Clark Ashton Smith
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"Mother of Toads" is a short story by Clark Ashton Smith, originally featured in the July 1938 edition of Weird Tales Magazine. The story tells of a young apothecary's assistant and his encounters with an unusual witch in the deep forest.Door HorrorBabble
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”An Inhabitant of Carcosa” by Ambrose Bierce
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"An Inhabitant of Carcosa" is a short story by Ambrose Bierce, first published in the San Francisco News Letter and California Advertiser, Dec 25, 1886. The story, which tells of the wanderings of a man through a strange desert, introduces several elements to the Cthulhu Mythos.Door HorrorBabble
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”The Feast in the Abbey” by Robert Bloch
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"The Feast in the Abbey" is a short story by American author Robert Bloch. First published in Weird Tales in January 1935, the story tells of a macabre horror encountered in a strange monastery deep in the woods.Door HorrorBabble
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”The Thing From the Grave” by Harold Ward
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"The Thing From the Grave" is a short story by the American writer, Harold Ward. First published in the July 1933 edition of Weird Tales, the story was described as follows: "A goose-flesh story of the hideous fate that befell a judge who had sentenced a murderer to death."Door HorrorBabble
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”The Strange High House in the Mist” / Lovecraft’s Dream Cycle
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"The Strange High House in the Mist" is a short story by H. P. Lovecraft. Written on November 9, 1926, it was first published in the October 1931 issue of Weird Tales. It concerns a character traveling to the titular house which is perched on the top of cliff which seems inaccessible both by land and sea, yet is apparently inhabited.…
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