# Identity and Madness in Short Fiction

> Theme guide for Short Fiction by Robert E. Howard.

Characters grapple with fractured identities, hallucinations, and the brink of insanity, whether from shell-shock, supernatural visions, or dream terrors, as seen in Kull's existential crisis and the narrator's descent in 'The Dream Snake.'

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