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The Rats in the Walls

Weird Tales, Mar. 1924

The Rats in the Walls

An American heir restores his ancestral English priory despite its grim reputation, only to hear phantom rats scurrying inside the walls each night. Excavating beneath the foundation uncovers a subterranean world that explains, in the worst possible way, exactly what his family line has been hiding for centuries.

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