Dagon

Apart from juvenilia, this tale (with the exception of “The Tomb”), was the first story Lovecraft wrote. And yet, in the fullness of its vision, it reads like something H.P. might have composed a decade later, on the verge of his most intense explorations. Written in 1917, it is a tale contemporary w......more

A man can't stand his life any longer since he met something unexpected and strange on an eerie island. He could escape a German ship of war in a little boat and landed on a deserted island. Upon exploring the surrounding he meets a monolithic stone with uncanny inscriptions like hieroglyphs. Then h......more

Horror at sea. PHILLISTINE DEITY A sailor after an accident at sea,... ...he ended up in some kind of island where there is a monolith... ...used to worship a “sea-god” just like Dagon, the Phillistine sea-god... ...mentioned in the book of Judges in The Bible. It's a compelling reading but lackin......more

My first story in 2019 Look how smart I am... I start my new year with one of the darkest mythos in literature, and a one that named "Dagon" lol The only thing that I don't like about this short stories is that it gave me the same impression that I had after "The Call of Cthulhu", like it has nothing......more

Wow che viaggio ragazzi! Un mondo onirico,cupo, delirante, spaventosamente inquietante, dove non sai se l'Io narrante è in preda a delirio o racconta il vero. Credo che, data la brevità dei suoi racconti, Lovecraft entrerà a gomitate nelle mie letture, e a spizzichi e bocconi leggerò TUTTO di H.P.Love......more