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Tagged: 1922

West and his student collaborator prepare a secret reanimation experiment.
Literature

Herbert West—Reanimator

Herbert West—Reanimator is a six-part sequence tracing a physician’s attempts to restore movement and consciousness after death. First serialized in Home Brew from February to July 1922, it follows West and his unnamed assistant from medical school through a factory-town practice, wartime surgery and a final confrontation with the surviving products of their work.

8 min read · 1,659 words

Zann plays his viol before a window opening onto a starless void.
Literature

The Music of Erich Zann

The Music of Erich Zann concerns an impoverished student who hears extraordinary playing from an old musician’s attic and discovers that the room’s window opens onto something beyond the expected city. Written in December 1921 and first published in March 1922, the tale makes music an apparent act of resistance while withholding the explanation its frightened performer tries to write.

6 min read · 1,249 words