The Graveyard Rats is a 1936 short story by American author Henry Kuttner. - AsNotedIn
Old Masson, the caretaker of one of Salem's oldest and most neglected cemeteries, had a feud with the rats. Generations ago they had come up from the wharves and settled in the graveyard, a colony of abnormally large rats, and when Masson had taken charge after the inexplicable disappearance of the former caretaker, he decided that they must go. At first he set traps for them and put poisoned food by their burrows, and later he tried to shoot them, but it did no good. The rats stayed, multiplying and overrunning the graveyard with their ravenous hordes.
| Y/M/D | Association | Description | Place | Locale | Food | Event | |
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| 1936/03/00 | Henry Kuttner | Author | "The Graveyard Rats" by Henry Kuttner infest Weird Tales magazine. | ||||
| 1936/03/00 | Weird Tales (magazine) | Publisher | "The Graveyard Rats" by Henry Kuttner infest Weird Tales magazine. |
| Particulars for The Graveyard Rats (short story): | |||
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| Historic Use | Cemetery | a burial ground, a graveyard | |
| Narrative Arts | Fiction | prose literature, especially short stories and novels, that describes imaginary events and people | |
| Narrative Arts | Narrative | an account of connected events | |
| Narrative Arts | Prose | ordinary written language | |
| Animal | Rat | a rodent that resembles a large mouse, typically having a pointed snout and a long, sparsely haired tail | |
| Art Type | Short Story | short form narrative fiction | |
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| Original Language: | English | ||