Project Gutenberg 2025-04-09 Public domain in the USA. 323 White, Edward Lucas 1866 1934 27008465 Lukundoo, and other stories $aNew York :$bGeorge H. Doran, $c1927. Lukundoo -- Floki's blade -- The picture puzzle -- The snout -- Alfandega 49A -- The message on the slate -- Amina -- The pig-skin belt -- The house of the nightmare -- Sorcery Island. Tim Lindell, Laura Natal and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from images made available by the HathiTrust Digital Library.) “Lukundoo, and other stories” by Edward Lucas White is a collection of short fiction written in the early 20th century. The volume brings together tales spanning the supernatural, the uncanny, and adventure, often blending horror and psychological suspense. The opening stories suggest a mix of exotic locales, mysterious diseases, dark folklore, and the testing of human character under extraordinary duress, introducing characters like Singleton, Etcham, Van Rieten, and Thorkell Vilgerdson as they confront bizarre and sometimes terrifying events. The opening of the collection begins with "Lukundoo," where a group of men is drawn into a chilling tale recounting Singleton’s harrowing African experience. The narrative quickly introduces an atmosphere of mystery and dread: Singleton, typically reticent about his time in Africa, describes the plight of Stone, an extraordinary explorer afflicted by a grotesque and inexplicable malady that bewilders and terrifies his companions. As Singleton and his party seek to aid the suffering man, they encounter eerie manifestations—including strange voices, sinister swellings, and unnatural growths that blur the boundaries between folklore, sorcery, and disease—culminating in a climactic confrontation with the unknown. The subsequent opening of "Floki’s Blade" shifts to saga-like adventure, following Thorkell Vilgerdson as he is betrayed and cast adrift, only to begin a new chapter of trials and alliances in Iceland. Through these beginnings, the collection establishes its tone of suspenseful, character-driven tales steeped in the supernatural and the extraordinary. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://hdl.handle.net/2027/wu.89099248627 20200708031512white 1927 US Reading ease score: 81.1 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Short stories, American Horror tales, American American fiction PS Text Category: Short Stories Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: Adventure Category: Mythology, Legends & Folklore 519916 2025-07-30T05:23:51.875052 text/html 495240 2025-04-09T13:27:18 text/html 626489 2025-07-30T05:23:59.977032 application/epub+zip 625480 2025-07-30T05:23:53.414070 application/epub+zip 300192 2025-07-30T05:23:52.580089 application/epub+zip 924657 2025-07-30T05:24:04.601020 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 894496 2025-07-30T05:23:59.198066 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 475477 2025-07-30T05:23:50.588096 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 455569 2025-04-09T13:27:18 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17437 2025-07-30T05:24:04.784975 application/rdf+xml 9413 2025-07-30T05:23:52.826036 image/jpeg 1743 2025-07-30T05:23:52.704044 image/jpeg 650550 2025-07-30T05:23:51.929053 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