Sunfire

In Sunfire by Francis Stevens, five explorers travel by canoe to the headwaters of the Rio Silencioso, to a hidden lake with an ancient pyramid. There they are seduced and trapped, and are fated to become human sacrifices to an ancient god.

Sunfire (1923) – Harrowing and Weird Events Startle the Five Adventurers Who Land Upon a Far-off Island
Chapter One – The Derelict Fleet
Chapter Two – To The Rescue
Chapter Three – Scolopendra Horribilis
Chapter Four – “Sunfire”
Chapter Five – The Bronze Lever
Chapter Six – Assai Wine
Chapter Seven – The Hag
Chapter Eight – “Tata Quarahy”

Part Two – A Resume Of The Early Chapters
Chapter Nine – An Unwelcome Invitation
Chapter Ten – The Dance
Chapter Eleven – The Sacrifice
Chapter Twelve – Revenge!
Chapter Thirteen – An Awful Chime
Chapter Fourteen – Flight
Chapter Fifteen – Down The Stair
Chapter Sixteen – The Story Of Miss Enid Widdiup

Sunfire was Bennett’s last published work. It was serialized in two parts in Weird Tales in 1923.

Sunfire contains 2 illustrations.