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In the Lost City of Leng

Novella 21,373 words Recommended by 5 award/anthology sources

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In 1933, Doug quits his job to go on an expedition to Antarctica to kill the Great Shoggoth and retrieve the priceless treasures of the lost city of Leng.

Alternate HistoryAmbitionSouth America

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AdventurousCosmic HorrorHubrisHistorical USAIntertextualFirst ContactDarkly ComicFriendshipFast PacedHorrorTenseWrySurvivalGrief And LossFirst PersonVoice DrivenScience Fiction

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animal-harmviolence

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