O Caso de Charles Dexter Ward: A Horror Story of Ancestral Obsession and Alchemy
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A bagel-shaped object. The form is there, the soul isn't.
Summary
A short story about a young archaeology student who becomes obsessed with his ancestor's dark history. The ancestor roams cemeteries at night and shows no signs of aging. Following in his footsteps, the student replicates alchemy experiments and is drawn into a shadowy world dominated by supernatural events. The story is a horror narrative about obsession, forbidden knowledge, and the dangers of evoking what one cannot control.
Key quotes
· 3 pulledNão evoque aquilo que você não pode mandar de volta
Um jovem estudante de arqueologia fica obcecado pela história de seu antepassado, que perambula às noite por cemitérios e não apresenta envelhecimento
Seguindo os passos do ancestral, ele replica experimentos de alquimia e é absorvido por um mundo sombrio, dominado por acontecimentos sobrenaturais
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