There was an ocean above us, held in by a thin sac that might rupture and let down a flood at any second.
States of the atmosphere pass into us as water through the meshes of a sieve, and storms occur in us before they break upon the world without, creating restless sensations. ("Absolute Evil")
American Fantastic Tales: Terror and the Uncanny from Poe to the Pulps
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States of the atmosphere pass into us as water through the meshes of a sieve, and storms occur in us before they break upon the world without, creating restless sensations. ("Absolute Evil")
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