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The Ancient Horror

by Hal Grant

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His hand had barely grasped the oar again when, silently, from the blue depths, there came into view, Just behind Wilson, the awful head and neck of the creature we had dimly seen that night when we sat crouched on a shaky platform . . . Up it rose, to a height of seven or eight feet, while I, gazing upon its utter frightfulness, stood paralyzed and dumb. I saw its cavernous mouth, fully three feet from the snout to the angle of the jaw; saw it open and reveal its gleaming, needle-sharp teeth over the head of the unfortunate man.

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