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The Incubus
Hamilton Craigie · 1923 · Horror & Gothic
A pulp-gothic miniature from Weird Tales: in an imagined Aztec tomb, Gerald Marston flees through wet stone, lantern light and a tightening thread of guilt while the darkness behind him seems to take on a terrible human weight.
Inside this edition
Every LitLab edition is illustrated from the text itself — the world of the book mapped, its people drawn, its scenes staged. 18 plates are open to everyone in this book; here are 8 of them.
The Cast of The Incubus
Gerald Marston — Profile
Professor Pillsbury — Profile
The Tomb and the Line
First Descent CorridorThe passage where the safety line begins to matter.
The Incubus Character Web
The Blow in the TombThe planned accident happens in the lantern-lit passage beside the stone ledge.
The Rats KnewSunlight reveals that Marston carried his intended victim back alive.
This edition
- Title
- The Incubus
- Author
- Hamilton Craigie (1880–1956)
- First published
- 1923
- Illustrated plates
- 42 original artworks · 18 open to everyone
- Chapters
- 1 · about 3,733 words
- Reading time
- 15 min
- Language
- EN
- Formats
- Read online · EPUB and PDF download with a subscription
- Publisher
- LitLab — The Illustrated Classics
- On LitLab since
- September 2026
- Rights
- Text in the public domain. Illustrations and edition © LitLab.
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