government after fleeing it on July 16, 1927. The narrator explains how he instigated a secret investigation of the decrepit town of Innsmouth, Massachusetts-a former seaport isolated from other nearby towns by vast salt marshes-by the U.S.

There he interacts with strange people and observes disturbing events that ultimately lead to horrifying and personal revelations. He travels through the nearby decrepit seaport of Innsmouth which is suggested as a cheaper and potentially interesting next leg of his journey. The narrator is a student conducting an antiquarian tour of New England. The Shadow over Innsmouth is the only Lovecraft story that was published in book form during his lifetime. Its motif of a malign undersea civilization, and references several shared elements of the Mythos, including place-names, mythical creatures, and invocations. It forms part of the Cthulhu Mythos, using Lovecraft, written in November–December 1931. The Shadow over Innsmouth is a horror novella by American author H.

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