ured ; ▁she ▁dies ▁when ▁her ▁tort urer ▁forces ▁a ▁rat ▁to ▁eat ▁through ▁her ▁body . ▁ ▁Wein berg ▁suggests ▁that ▁the ▁story ▁was ▁so ▁gru esome ▁that ▁it ▁would ▁have ▁been ▁difficult ▁to ▁place ▁in ▁a ▁magazine ▁even ▁fifty ▁years ▁later . ▁ ▁On ▁several ▁occasions ▁Wright ▁rejected ▁a ▁story ▁of ▁Love craft ' s ▁only ▁to ▁re cons ider ▁later ; ▁de ▁Camp ▁suggests ▁that ▁Wright ' s ▁re jection ▁at ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁ 1 9 2 5 ▁of ▁Love craft ' s ▁" In ▁the ▁V ault ", ▁a ▁story ▁about ▁a ▁m util ated ▁cor pse ▁taking ▁reven ge ▁on ▁the ▁undert aker ▁responsible , ▁was ▁because ▁it ▁was ▁" to o ▁gru esome ", ▁but ▁Wright ▁changed ▁his ▁mind ▁a ▁few ▁years ▁later , ▁and ▁the ▁story ▁eventually ▁appeared ▁in ▁April ▁ 1 9 3 2 . ▁ ▁Wright ▁also ▁rejected ▁Love craft ' s ▁" T hr ough ▁the ▁G ates ▁of ▁the ▁Silver ▁Key " ▁in ▁mid - 1 9 3 3 . ▁ ▁Price ▁had ▁re vised ▁the ▁story ▁before ▁passing ▁it ▁to ▁Wright , ▁and ▁after ▁Wright ▁and ▁Price ▁discussed ▁the ▁story , ▁Wright ▁bought ▁it , ▁in ▁November ▁of ▁that ▁year . ▁ ▁Wright ▁turned ▁down ▁Love craft ' s ▁novel ▁At ▁the ▁Mountains ▁of ▁Mad ness ▁in ▁ 1 9 3 5 , ▁though ▁in ▁this ▁case ▁it ▁was ▁probably ▁because ▁of ▁the ▁story ' s ▁length — running ▁a ▁serial ▁required ▁pay ing ▁an ▁author ▁for ▁material ▁that ▁would