Project Gutenberg 2024-03-16 Public domain in the USA. 870 Lovecraft, H. P. (Howard Phillips) 1890 1937 Lovecraft, Howard Phillips Littlewit, Humphrey Lovecraft, H.P. Bok, Hannes 1914 1964 Woodard, Wayne Francis The shadow over Innsmouth $aNew York, NY :$bWeird Tales, $c1941. Wikipedia page on this work: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shadow_over_Innsmouth Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Shadow Over Innsmouth" by H. P. Lovecraft is a chilling horror novelette written in the early 20th century. It explores themes of decay, isolation, and the unknown, set in the fictional seaport of Innsmouth, Massachusetts. The story revolves around a protagonist who, while on a journey of genealogical discovery, stumbles upon the grotesque reality of the town’s inhabitants and their dark, aquatic heritage. The narrative follows an unnamed narrator who visits Innsmouth, drawn by curiosity and a family connection. Upon arrival, he is struck by the town's eerie atmosphere and the unsettling appearance of its residents, who possess grotesque features. As he explores, he learns from a local drunkard, Zadok Allen, about the town’s sinister history involving the Deep Ones—fish-like creatures that form a pact with Captain Obed Marsh and his descendants. This pact involves sacrificing young people to these beings in exchange for prosperity and a form of immortality. As the narrator delves deeper, he encounters horrific truths about his lineage and the impending return of the Deep Ones. The story culminates in a terrifying revelation that ties the narrator's fate to the very horrors he sought to escape, leaving readers with an unsettling sense of dread. (This is an automatically generated summary.) 20240303151945lovecraft 1941 US Reading ease score: 73.7 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Fantasy fiction Horror tales Paranormal fiction Massachusetts -- Fiction Harbors -- Fiction PS Text Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: Novels Category: American Literature 127348 2025-07-29T05:19:26.659934 text/html 102597 2024-03-17T22:12:57 text/html 483679 2025-07-29T05:19:30.474936 application/epub+zip 484101 2025-07-29T05:19:28.158949 application/epub+zip 208132 2025-07-29T05:19:27.188934 application/epub+zip 837911 2025-07-29T05:19:32.172883 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 829635 2025-07-29T05:19:29.937938 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 118630 2025-07-29T05:19:26.471956 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 98792 2024-03-17T22:12:57 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17914 2025-07-29T05:19:32.316885 application/rdf+xml 29095 2025-07-29T05:19:27.592912 image/jpeg 5283 2025-07-29T05:19:27.362914 image/jpeg 1339473 2025-07-29T05:19:26.689964 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia