Hypnos

In this short tale first published in The National Amateur (May, 1923), Lovecraft experimented with an unreliable, nearly hysterical narrator (similar to Poe's homicidal tenant in the "Tell Tale Heart") who tells us a suspiciously fragmentary tale in rhet0ric that (even for H.P.) is extravagant and......more

The first person narrator and a friend indulge in drugs and dreams. But at some point the friend is looking much older, his beard is getting white and more wrinkles are to be seen upon his face. What is going on? Why do they flee sleep and are afraid of Hypnos? Fantastic Lovecraft full of dreams, de......more

What better time to read a short story about the undefined horrors discovered in the realms of drug-induced dreaming, then after waking in the middle of the night from an unfocused, mildly distressing dream of my own. Lovecraft captures the amorphous qualities of nightmares, without rendering them u......more

Imaginary Friends 6 June 2023 – Hastings Well, since I was in Battle I thought that it might be an idea to come down to Hastings and have a beer at a few pubs. Well, the first pub was one of those scary old man pubs. In fact, all of the tables were set up so that you could sit with your back to the w......more

A relatable story for me as I also (occasionally) avoid sleeping to flee from the things I would see in my dreams.......more