colour space colour space short story written american horror author march tale unnamed narrator pieces story area known locals heath wild hills west massachusetts narrator discovers years ago crashed poisoning living nearby vegetation grows large foul animals driven mad deformed shapes people insane die began writing colour space immediately finishing previous short novel case charles ward midst final revision horror fiction essay supernatural horror literature seeking create truly alien life form drew inspiration numerous fiction sources appearing september edition science fiction magazine colour space popular works remained personal favorite short story adapted feature film versions synopsis unnamed surveyor boston telling story person perspective attempts uncover secrets place referred locals heath unable garner information townspeople protagonist seeks old allegedly crazy man relates personal experiences farmer live cursed property pierce claims troubles began crashed lands june begins local scientists origins stone leaves colour referred analogy fall outside range known visible spectrum remains eventually disappear following season crops come large discovers despite appearance convinced poisoned soil following year problem spreads surrounding vegetation local animals altering unusual ways plant life farmhouse slightly dark wife eventually goes mad forcing lock attic time begins family rest town pierce slowly contact outside world soon wife mad vegetation begins grey powder water sons goes insane like mother similarly locked different room attic livestock begins turning grey dying like crops meat eventually dies sons goes missing excursion retrieve water weeks silence pierce visits witnesses tale eponymous horror time attic final son disappeared colour infected wife pierce puts misery flees decaying house horror destroys surviving resident pierce returns shortly men including doctor begin examining remains discover skeletons remnants creatures reflect discoveries house light begins eventually transforms colour begins pouring spreading nearby men flee house horror land shoots sky pierce turns colour gone witnesses small try follow rest fail return knowledge alien resides earth sufficient alter mental state men return following day remaining dead horse acres grey dust surrounding area quickly abandoned remaining residents background began writing colour space march immediately completing case charles ward wrote tale final draft horror fiction essay supernatural horror literature author claimed inspiration newly constructed rhode_island scholar believes planned massachusetts influenced american writer pulp fiction murray cites paranormal investigator lightning drawing rocks fallen sky describes book damned possible inspirations behavior dismayed human depiction aliens works fiction goal colour create entity truly alien drew inspiration number sources describing colors outside visible spectrum notably points modern science book mentions extremely limited senses humans waves striking eyes majority perceived concept previously short story completed end march colour space appeared science fiction magazine september story illustrated artist produced occasional artwork magazine reception legacy colour space work brien anthology appearing roll honor paid approximately present day terms late leading refer publisher hugo rat submitted publication write major short story following year crafted horror pen history minor works account halloween night dream called old folk addition personal favourite short stories critics generally consider colour space best works trademark blending science fiction horror scholar referred tale finest short stories praises work best frightening particularly description story eponymous horror lauded work successful attempt create entirely outside human experience creature motive unknown impossible colour emotional moral conscious criticism little long text colour space like works fallen public domain accessed compilations author work internet strong influence seen tale novel color time published sequel original film adaptations film die monster die directed based colour space plays scientist named travels england visit played home parents discovers keeping space rock basement grow giant vegetation animals rock driven insane film climax transforms glowing monster scholar claims scenes derived work heath doesn live description asserts overall film capture intent play idea alien life form completely different humans imagine smith considers work imitation films attempt adapt tale adaptation curse directed closely follows plot work lands property local physician unable explain rock keeps contacting authorities want new arrival discourage establishing new reservoir area rock disappears glowing colour ground weeks farm crops bloom soon turn shortly local animals wife begin mad previously unknown element discovered property son cyrus insane begin come farm including children alice amy film conclusion saved representative house collapses scholar referred film faithful author original work claimed minutes film virtually ruin entire film film die directed adaptation set germany instead massachusetts shot mainly black white exception colour described best film adaptation
The Colour Out of Space