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Oct 2024
25m 31s

The Music of Erich Zann - Unpleasant Dre...

Cassandra Harold with Jim Harold Media
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This week's Unpleasant Dreams features a horror story written by H.P. Lovecraft. Cassandra Harold narrates the short story, "The Music of Erich Zann." "The Music of Erich Zann" was written in 1921 and first published in 1922 and is in the Public Domain. -- Jim Harold Media LLC respects writers' intellectual property. All fictional stories on Unpleasant Dream ... Show More
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