Rounding out this special edition are JasonĮckhardt’s fantastic illustrations, created specifically for this Well as Lovecraft’s original notes and discarded draft to “The Shadow Schultz, andįeaturing extensive footnotes, an exhaustive introduction, textual notes, as Presented in a critical edition, edited by S.T. And once again he has produced a narrative that progressesįrom first word to last without a false note to a cataclysmicĬonclusion-a conclusion that simultaneously focuses on the pitiableįate of a single human being and hints tantalisingly of the future destructionįor the very first time, this classic Lovecraft story is being Perceive the century-long dilapidation of an entire town in the story’sĮvocative prose. Overwhelming stench of fish, see the physical anomalies of the inhabitants, and Lovecraft never achieved a greater atmosphere of insidiousĭecay than in “The Shadow over Innsmouth”: one can almost smell the Illustrated by Jason Eckhardt Back Cover Text
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