Project Gutenberg 2025-02-13 Public domain in the USA. 250 Kuttner, Henry 1915 1958 Liddell, C. H. Smith, Woodrow Wilson Hammond, Keith Hastings, Hudson The eater of souls $aIndianapolis, IN :$bPopular Fiction Publishing Company, $c1937. Produced from Weird Tales January 1937. Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Eater of Souls" by Henry Kuttner is a science fiction short story published in the late 1930s. This tale transports readers to the distant world of Bel Yarnak, where an ominous entity known as the Eater of Souls looms over the inhabitants. The narrative delves into themes of existential dread and cosmic horror, exploring the interplay between good and evil, gods and mortals. In the story, the Sindara, the ruler of Bel Yarnak, embarks on a perilous journey to confront the Eater of Souls, a being of unfathomable horror that lures souls into its abyss. Despite the counsel of both necromancers and hydromancers, the Sindara chooses to rely on his devotion to Vorvadoss, his god. As he stands at the edge of the Gray Gulf, he encounters the grotesque being, leading to a harrowing battle. Ultimately, in a desperate bid to break the cycle of despair, the Sindara undergoes a horrific metamorphosis, merging with the Eater of Souls. The tale concludes with his tragic descent into darkness, weighed down by the beauty of his homeland that he can never see again, emphasizing the haunting themes of sacrifice and the loss of identity. (This is an automatically generated summary.) 20250126083534kuttner 1937 US Reading ease score: 72.4 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Short stories Fantasy fiction Horror tales Life on other planets -- Fiction PS Text Category: Short Stories Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy 34087 2025-07-29T16:15:00.253206 text/html 9648 2025-02-13T12:34:41 text/html 249562 2025-07-29T16:15:03.240185 application/epub+zip 248354 2025-07-29T16:15:01.634185 application/epub+zip 164379 2025-07-29T16:15:00.735225 application/epub+zip 719824 2025-07-29T16:15:04.491175 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 713617 2025-07-29T16:15:02.749216 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 27720 2025-07-29T16:15:00.149204 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 7911 2025-02-13T12:34:41 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16507 2025-07-29T16:15:04.635191 application/rdf+xml 28232 2025-07-29T16:15:01.139205 image/jpeg 4747 2025-07-29T16:15:00.932217 image/jpeg 1572571 2025-07-29T16:15:00.272356 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia