This chapter delves into the narrative technique of blurring reality and fantasy in weird fiction, using specific details to challenge the stability of the story's reality frame. It discusses how a particular year mentioned in The King of Elfling's Daughter by Lord Dunsainey enhances the eerie and timeless atmosphere, creating a constant state of in-between.

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