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Fiction · Horror

The Call of Cthulhu

H.P. Lovecraft
1928 · 420 pages

Lovecraft pitched horror at cosmic scale, where the terror is an indifferent universe rather than any monster. A sculptor's dreams and a Louisiana swamp cult lead to a sunken city.

★ 5.1