{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Writing Tech Brief By HackerNoon","title":"Purple Pileus Effect","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/3d866110\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1537,"description":"\n        This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/purple-pileus-effect.\nMr Coombes, a troubled shopkeeper, ingests a toxic purple fungus in a pine wood triggering hallucinations, chaos at home, and a violent psychological breakdown.\nCheck more stories related to writing at: https://hackernoon.com/c/writing.\n            You can also check exclusive content about #project-gutenberg, #astounding-stories, #astounding-stories-april-2004, #public-domain-sci-fi, #top-sci-fi-books, #literary-fiction, #literary-non-fiction, #english-literature,  and more.\nThis story was written by: @astoundingstories. Learn more about this writer by checking @astoundingstories's about page,\n            and for more stories, please visit hackernoon.com.\nTwo uncanny tales explore terror as a psychological force rather than true supernatural presence. Red Room shows fear overwhelming a rational man in a supposedly haunted chamber where extinguishing candles and darkness trigger panic. Purple Pileus follows a shopkeeper who consumes a toxic fungus, descends into euphoric madness, then recovers to reinterpret events as moral illusion. Fear is within.\n        \n        ","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/LXiX31rrbwLw9J62kpK9WBDgYoaVWl0Q2rRKU2SJbyk/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzQxNDMwLzE2ODM1/ODM1MzMtYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}