H. P. Lovecraft 57 min read

A young traveler stops in the decaying Massachusetts seaport of Innsmouth, and uncovers, behind its shunned streets and fish-eyed townsfolk, a monstrous secret bred of the sea.

H. P. Lovecraft's 1936 novella is a masterpiece of cosmic horror. Dread-soaked, atmospheric, unforgettable. Read it for one of Lovecraft's finest works, the crumbling port of Innsmouth, the Esoteric Order of Dagon, the Deep Ones, and a creeping revelation of tainted blood, building to one of the most famous and chilling endings in all of weird fiction.

In its time

Published in 1936, during the 1930s, space opera soars.

Reading it

57 min read (a novelette, room for a turn or two).

Illustrated by

Hannes Bok