SOURCE: "Through the Dragon Glass" by A. Merritt (All-Story Weekly, November 24, 1917)

DESCRIPTION: "Winging down through the green air was a beast, an unthinkable beast, Ward! It was like the winged beast of the Apocalypse that is to bear the woman arrayed in purple and scarlet. It was beautiful even in its horror. It closed its scarlet and golden wings, and its long, gleaming body shot at me like a monstrous spear..." ("Through the Dragon Glass" by A. Merritt)

NOTES: The Claw is one of the evil things Rak the Wonder-Maker has created in his pocket universe. It has seven talons on each claw.

HISTORY: This influential story by A. Merritt has been copied by later writers, notably August Derleth in "The Gable Window".

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