It!

Name: It!
Author: Theodore Sturgeon

Short story by Theodore Sturgeon

Written workliterary workQ16386419

Also known as It! (short story)

Author: Theodore Sturgeon
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1.Stated in Internet Speculative Fiction DatabaseRetrieved 2025-05-20
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Released: August 1940
Language: English
Genre: horror fiction

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"It!" is a horror short story by American writer Theodore Sturgeon, first published in Unknown of August 1940. The story deals with a muck-monster that emerges from a swamp, and terrorizes a family who lives nearby. The creature has no emotions, and is simply curious about the things that it observes. Its terrifying strength allows it to grab animals and people and tear them apart, to see how they work. Ultimately, the creature is revealed to have formed around a human skeleton.

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Form of creative work: short story
Published in: Who Knocks?
Br-r-r-!
Famous Monster Stories
Stories That Scared Even Me
Nursery Crimes
The Horror Hall of Fame
Title: It!
Country of origin: United States

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