Howard Phillips Lovecraft
The Shadow Over Innsmouth
Paperback
(CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform Sept. 29, 2017)
The Shadow over Innsmouth is a horror novella by American author H. P. Lovecraft, written in November–December 1931. It forms part of the Cthulhu Mythos, using its motif of a malign undersea civilization. It references several shared elements of the Mythos, including place-names, mythical creatures, and invocations. The narrator is a student conducting an antiquarian tour of New England. After seeing a piece of exotic jewelry in a museum, he learns that its source is the nearby decrepit seaport of Innsmouth. He travels to Innsmouth, interacting with strange people, and observes disturbing events that ultimately lead to horrifying, and personal, revelations. It is the only Lovecraft story which was published in book form during his lifetime. According to L Sprague de Camp, Lovecraft distrusted his ability to narrate action, and the story is unusual in that Lovecraft includes sustained and effective action writing during the culmination of the events in Innsmouth.
- ISBN
- 1977712568 / 9781977712561
- Pages
- 70
- Weight
- 5.6 oz.
- Dimensions
- 6.0 x 0.2 in.
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