![]() ![]() Penniless, and at the end of my supply of the drug which alone, makes life endurable, I can bear the torture no longer and shall cast myself from this garret window into the squalid street below. I am writing this under an appreciable mental strain, since by tonight I shall be no more. ![]() So what lessons can be learned from studying this venerable short story through a modern eye? Let’s find out. Despite being published in 1919, Dagon remains highly read and a source of inspiration to writers everywhere. The man had many flaws, including racism and antisemitism, but his work remains popular for a reason: he had a way with words.ĭagon is one of Lovecraft’s earliest stories and heavily foreshadows later works like The Shadow of Over Innsmouth and The Call of Cthulhu. Howard Phillips Lovecraft is a major influence on the cosmic horror genre, to the point that it’s often called Lovecraftian horror. ![]()
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