The Shadow Over Innsmouth
by H.P.Lovecraft
Part 3
It must have been some imp of the perverse – or some sardonic pull from dark, hidden sources – which made me change my plans as I did. I had long before resolved to limit my observations to architecture alone, and I was even then hurrying toward the Square in an effort to get quick transportation out of this festering city of death and decay; but the sight of old Zadok Allen set up new currents in my mind…
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The Shadow Over Innsmouth
by H.P.Lovecraft
Part 2
Shortly before ten the next morning I stood with one small valise in front of Hammond’s Drug Store in old Market Square waiting for the Innsmouth bus. As the hour for its arrival drew near I noticed a general drift of the loungers to other places up the street, or to the Ideal Lunch across the square. Evidently the ticket-agent had not exaggerated the dislike which local People bore toward Innsmouth and its denizens. In a few moments a…
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The Shadow Over Innsmouth
by H.P.Lovecraft
Written by Lovecraft in 1931 and published in 1936, The Shadow Over Innsmouth was the only hardcover book by H. P. Lovecraft which appeared during his lifetime.
It has been adapted into a Spanish film called Dagon
and used as inspiration for the video game Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth.
Part 1
During the winter of 1927-28 officials of the Federal government made a strange and secret investigation of certain conditions in the ancient Massachusetts seaport of Innsmouth. The public first learned of it…
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Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Boston, MA – An auction of silent movie star Filipa Darlo’s furniture, clothing and movie memorabilia, which included a six-foot tall sphinx used in the movie The Pharaoh and a pair of red shoes, allowed collectors and spectators a rare look into the reclusive diva’s life.
Filipa Darlo died a decade ago. Her estate was contested by two family members and a legal battle ensued, one that did not conclude until last year when Darlo’s great-nephews reached an agreement which allowed them to auction off most…
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Paula R. Stiles
Innsmouth, MA – 3D horror production, Tentacles from the Sea, has decided to film on location in Innsmouth. According to Director John Mbuntu, it was the idea of his star Peter McCallister. McCallister plays Dave, a young man who tries to save his town from a watery horror despite having a disturbing connection to it.
“I was looking for a setting that would be more inclusive than the usual all-white milieu of horror,” Mbuntu says. “Then Pete mentioned these local stories his grandmother used to…
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Amanda J. Spedding
Innsmouth, MA – Dale Liam McCarthy, 47, was found dead from a suspected suicide at Innsmouth General Hospital in the early hours of April 1, 2009. Mr. McCarthy, who sustained a broken leg, ribs and wrist while on patrol at Gilman House last week, was due to be released from hospital tomorrow.
A hospital source confirmed Mr McCarthy was found by nursing staff at approximately 2:15 a.m. in the bathroom off his room, haemorrhaging from wounds to his wrists.
According to Innsmouth General Hospital spokesman…
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