The Shadow over Innsmouth by The Shadow over Innsmouth

The Shadow over Innsmouth by H. P. Lovecraft The Shadow over Innsmouth is a horror novella by H. P. Lovecraft, written in 1931. Forming part of the Cthulhu Mythos, the narrator is a student conducting an antiquarian tour of New England. He travels through the nearby decrepit seaport of Innsmouth which is suggested as a cheaper and potentially interesting next leg of his journey. The Shadow over Innsmouth by H. P. Lovecraft There he interacts with strange people and observes disturbing events that ultimately lead to horrifying and personal revelations. The Shadow over Innsmouth is the only Lovecraft story that was published in book form during his lifetime. The Shadow over Innsmouth by H. P. Lovecraft The narrator explains how he instigated a secret investigation of the ruined town of Innsmouth, Massachusetts—a former seaport isolated from other nearby towns by vast salt marshes—by the U.S. government after fleeing it on July 16, 1927. The investigation ultimately concluded with the arrest and detention of many of the towns residents in concentration camps as well as a submarine torpedoing Devil Reef, which the press mistakenly reported as Prohibition liquor raids. He proceeds to describe in detail the events surrounding his initial interest in the town, which lies along the route of his tour across New England, taken when he was a 21-year-old student at Oberlin College.