The Shadow Over Innsmouth

by H. P. Lovecraft

Overview

The Shadow over Innsmouth is great a horror novella by H. P. Lovecraft, written in 1931, which forms part of the Cthulhu Mythos, using its motif of a malign undersea civilization. It also makes references to several shared elements of the Mythos, including place names, mythical creatures and invocations.

The narrator, who is a student on an antiquarian tour of New England, sees a piece of exotic jewelry in a museum, and learns that its source is the nearby decrepit seaport of Innsmouth. Then he travels to Innsmouth and observes disturbing events and people.

This is the only Lovecraft story which was published in book form during his lifetime.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781729539941
Publisher:	CreateSpace Publishing
Publication date:	10/28/2018
Pages:	96
Sales rank:	556,019
Product dimensions:	5.98(w) x 9.02(h) x 0.20(d)

About the Author

Howard Phillips Lovecraft was an American author of fantasy, horror and science fiction. He is notable for blending elements of science fiction and horror; and for popularizing
"cosmic horror": the notion that some concepts, entities or experiences are barely comprehensible to human minds, and those who delve into such risk their sanity. Lovecraft has become a cult figure in the horror genre and is noted as creator of the "Cthulhu Mythos," a series of loosely interconnected fictions featuring a "pantheon" of nonhuman creatures, as well as the famed Necronomicon, a grimoire of magical rites and forbidden lore. His works typically had a tone of "cosmic pessimism,"
regarding mankind as insignificant and powerless in the universe. Lovecraft's readership was limited during his life,
and his works, particularly early in his career, have been criticized as occasionally ponderous, and for their uneven quality.
Nevertheless, Lovecraft's reputation has grown tremendously over the decades, and he is now commonly regarded as one of the most important horror writers of the 20th Century, exerting an influence that is widespread, though often indirect.