What Moves the Dead
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What Moves the Dead is a gothic horror novella by T. Kingfisher that reimagines Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Fall of the House of Usher” with a focus on body horror, fungal corruption, and creeping dread.
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
gothic horror work
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horror fiction work ⓘ novella ⓘ |
| adaptationType | reimagining ⓘ |
| author | T. Kingfisher NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | The Fall of the House of Usher NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnAuthor | Edgar Allan Poe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| featuresElement |
body horror
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creeping dread ⓘ decaying mansion ⓘ disturbing animal behavior ⓘ fungal corruption ⓘ unnatural landscape ⓘ unreliable reality ⓘ |
| genre |
gothic horror
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horror ⓘ weird fiction ⓘ |
| hasProtagonistTrait |
rational but increasingly disturbed observer
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war veteran narrator ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | Edgar Allan Poe’s gothic themes ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryStyle |
dark humor undertones
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gothic atmosphere ⓘ |
| medium |
audiobook
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ebook ⓘ print ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person narration ⓘ |
| notableFor |
innovative use of fungal horror
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intense body horror ⓘ modern reinterpretation of Poe ⓘ |
| periodOfPublication | 21st century ⓘ |
| publisher | Tor Nightfire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relationToSource | retells The Fall of the House of Usher with new perspective ⓘ |
| setting |
crumbling estate
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remote countryside ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| theme |
corruption
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decay ⓘ environmental horror ⓘ friendship under strain ⓘ loss of bodily autonomy ⓘ madness ⓘ parasitism ⓘ the uncanny ⓘ |
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