The Colour Out of Space and the Dreams in the Witch-House
Author | : Howard Lovecraft |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 60 |
Release | : 1927-01-01 |
ISBN-10 | : 154466060X |
ISBN-13 | : 9781544660608 |
Rating | : 4/5 (0X Downloads) |
Book excerpt: The Colour Out of Space: is a short story written by American horror author H. P. Lovecraft in March 1927. In the tale, an unnamed narrator pieces together the story of an area known by the locals as the "blasted heath" in the wild hills west of Arkham, Massachusetts. The narrator discovers that many years ago a meteorite crashed there, poisoning every living being nearby; vegetation grows large but foul tasting, animals are driven mad and deformed into grotesque shapes, and the people go insane or die one by one.The Dreams in the Witch-House:Walter Gilman, a student of mathematics and folklore at Miskatonic University, rents an attic-based room in the "Witch House," a house in Arkham, rumored to be cursed. The first part of the story is an account of the house's history, which once harboured Keziah Mason, an accused witch, who disappeared mysteriously from a Salem jail in 1692. Gilman discovers that, for the better part of two centuries, many of the attic's occupants have died prematurely.The dimensions of Gilman's attic room are unusual, and seem to conform to a kind of unearthly geometry. Gilman theorizes that the structure can enable travel from one plane or dimension to another.