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THE OUTSIDER first appeared in Weird Tales in its April 1926 edition. Told in the first person, the story follows a solitary being who has lived his entire life in the shadowed depths of a forgotten castle. Yearning for light, freedom, and human contact, he finally escapes his prison, only to discover a dreadful truth waiting for him in the world above.
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