The House on the Borderland
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Synopsis
Deep in the desolate wilds of western Ireland, two fishermen discover a battered manuscript among strange, forgotten ruins. The recovered journal records the harrowing experiences of a solitary Recluse who lives in a bizarre, fortress-like house perched above a vast abyss. Accompanied only by his sister and faithful dog, he soon finds his lonely home besieged by grotesque, swine-like creatures crawling from subterranean depths. Yet the physical siege is merely the beginning of a far greater terror. As time and reality warp, his consciousness is propelled across uncounted aeons into nightmarish cosmic realms of dying stars and monstrous gods. Steeped in claustrophobic dread and otherworldly awe, this groundbreaking tale plunges readers into an unforgettable abyss of supernatural suspense.
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Contents · 28 chapters
- Preface
- Chapter 1: The Finding of the Manuscript
- Chapter 2: The Plain of Silence
- Chapter 3: The House in the Arena
- Chapter 4: The Earth
- Chapter 5: The Thing in the Pit
- Chapter 6: The Swine-Things
- Chapter 7: The Attack
- Chapter 8: After the Attack
- Chapter 9: In the Cellars
- Chapter 10: The Time of Waiting
- Chapter 11: The Searching of the Gardens
- Chapter 12: The Subterranean Pit
- Chapter 13: The Trap in the Great Cellar
- Chapter 14: The Sea of Sleep
- Chapter 15: The Noise in the Night
- Chapter 16: The Awakening
- Chapter 17: The Slowing Rotation
- Chapter 18: The Green Star
- Chapter 19: The End of the Solar System
- Chapter 20: The Celestial Globes
- Chapter 21: The Dark Sun
- Chapter 22: The Dark Nebula
- Chapter 23: Pepper
- Chapter 24: The Footsteps in the Garden
- Chapter 25: The Thing from the Arena
- Chapter 26: The Luminous Speck
- Conclusion
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