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This week, we return to the Cthulhu mythos. H. P Lovecraft's seminal creation has been featured in a fair few episodes of The Well Told Tale and this third standalone tale is similar in tone to "The Call of Cthulhu" and "At the Mountains of Madness." Something unspeakable and horrible lies dormant under the surface of polite society, just as much as in the wild places of this world. But perhaps that something unspeakable is not waiting to be awakened; perhaps it is awake, and feeding...
This is a horror story written in the 1920s by a disordered mind, so bear in mind the content is not for the faint hearted.
If you'd like to support The Well Told Tale, please visit us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thewelltoldtale
Books - (buying anything on Amazon through this link helps support the podcast):
The Complete Fiction of H. P. Lovecraft - https://amzn.to/2HdS1PD
H. P. Lovecraft: Tales of Horror - https://amzn.to/36OnMri
Films & TV
The Dunwich Horror (1970) - https://amzn.to/3pCrlcC
The Dunwich Horror (2009) - https://amzn.to/35HLC8H
Colour Out of Space - https://amzn.to/2ILRyoi
I would like to thank my patrons: Toni A, Joshua Clark, Maura Lee, Jane, Kaffee Stark, Leathery Wings and Drew Atkins.
Support the show
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This week, we return to the Cthulhu mythos. H. P Lovecraft's seminal creation has been featured in a fair few episodes of The Well Told Tale and this third standalone tale is similar in tone to "The Call of Cthulhu" and "At the Mountains of Madness." Something unspeakable and horrible lies dormant under the surface of polite society, just as much as in the wild places of this world. But perhaps that something unspeakable is not waiting to be awakened; perhaps it is awake, and feeding...
This is a horror story written in the 1920s by a disordered mind, so bear in mind the content is not for the faint hearted.
If you'd like to support The Well Told Tale, please visit us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thewelltoldtale
Books - (buying anything on Amazon through this link helps support the podcast):
The Complete Fiction of H. P. Lovecraft - https://amzn.to/2HdS1PD
H. P. Lovecraft: Tales of Horror - https://amzn.to/36OnMri
Films & TV
The Dunwich Horror (1970) - https://amzn.to/3pCrlcC
The Dunwich Horror (2009) - https://amzn.to/35HLC8H
Colour Out of Space - https://amzn.to/2ILRyoi
I would like to thank my patrons: Toni A, Joshua Clark, Maura Lee, Jane, Kaffee Stark, Leathery Wings and Drew Atkins.
Support the show

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