Leonard Cline Livres

Following the journey of Paulus Kempf, a fugitive labor agitator, the narrative unfolds in a remote Finnish colony by Lake Superior. Cline's debut weaves a tale of dark magic and rich imagery, exploring themes of exile and community against a backdrop of early 20th-century social upheaval. The book, originally published in 1925, invites readers to experience its phantasmagoric elements and the haunting atmosphere that captivated audiences then and continues to resonate today.

Murder in the horoscope: two men's strange plot against all women takes an ugly turn when murder intrudes. First appearance in book form.Leonard Cline (1893-1929) was praised by H.P. Lovecraft for his work, The Dark Chamber (1927), calling it "high in artistic stature". Written in 1929 while serving a sentence for manslaughter, "The Cult Murders" is one of Cline's two novels written for Detective Fiction Weekly under his pseudonym, Alan Forsyth.

In "The Dark Chamber" von Leonard Cline folgt der Leser einem Mann, der die Naturgesetze überwindet und seine Vergangenheit durch verschiedene Sinneseindrücke rekonstruiert. Seine Reise führt ihn in die dunklen Abgründe des Erbgedächtnisses und zu vormenschlichen Zeiten. Die Atmosphäre ist von bösartiger Kraft, besonders das unheimliche Heim der Hauptfigur.