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Violence
Some
Moderate supernatural violence; horror in everyday settings
Language
None
No strong language
Sexual Content
Barely any
Brief adult content in some stories
Substance Use
Barely any
Period drinking
Emotional Intensity
A lot
Significant psychological dread; Leiber's horror is about the uncanny lurking in the ordinary
What this book is about
Fritz Leiber's collection of horror and dark fantasy stories — originally published in 1964 — showcases the writer who invented the term 'sword and sorcery' in his more unsettling mode. Leiber's stories set horror in urban modernity: gas stations, apartment buildings, and city streets become the settings for supernatural dread. Including the title story about an oil company with a diabolical entity at its core.
Notes for sensitive readers
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Supernatural horror content
Urban dread and existential horror
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