Palos of the Dog Star Pack

On a stormy night, a frightened housekeeper arrives at Dr. George Murray's door with an impossible request: a man named Jason Croft has been asleep for weeks, his body unresponsive, his breathing barely perceptible. When Murray investigates, he discovers Croft is no ordinary patient. The man has been conducting experiments into the nature of the soul, and his colleagues at the asylum suspect something far stranger than mere illness. Croft, it seems, has learned to project his consciousness beyond his body, traveling to a distant world called Palos in the Dog Star system. Now Murray must decide whether to bring Croft back or follow him into the void. This 1918 pulp classic blends psychological suspense with early science fiction, asking what happens when the boundary between mind and matter dissolves entirely. Giesy writes with genuine atmospheric dread, and his premise, that human consciousness might slip its mortal leash, feels startlingly modern.