In 1904, Thomas Edison sought to capture the essence of the American West on film, prompting him to dispatch his crew to the region. This endeavor reflects Edison's innovative spirit and ambition to bring the allure of western landscapes and culture to the silver screen, highlighting the intersection of technology and storytelling in the early days of cinema.
Some secrets are best left buried...As The Cleansing trilogy roars to a conclusion, trouble and terror assail WPA Folklore Project writer Robert A. Brown from all sides, boiling up in a cauldron of horror that threatens to destroy both him and his extraordinary “seventh sense.”This concluding volume of the three-book series, following Seventh Sense and Satan’s Swine, finds Robert on the trail of eldritch secrets thought to be long buried in the remote town of Mackaville, Arkansas, a place with a shocking past that Robert finally unearths — to his everlasting horror.Set in 1939 and told via letters sent to his friend John Wooley, Sinister Serpent completes the trilogy that has earned praise from critics and readers for its vivid evocation of the best of the weird-pulp literature of the ’30s.Will Robert Brown and his seventh sense survive a final all-out, mind-numbing attack?