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Shamus

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2020.04.18 22:24

Excerpts from Herbert West—Reanimator by H.P. Lovecraft.


I

. FROM THE DARK

Memories and possibilities are ever more hideous than realities.


II. THE PLAGUE-DAEMON

The next night devils danced on the roofs of Arkham, and unnatural madness howled in the wind.


III. SIX SHOTS BY MIDNIGHT

the essence of Herbert West’s existence was a quest amid black and forbidden realms of the unknown, in which he hoped to uncover the secret of life and restore to perpetual animation the graveyard’s cold clay.


IV. THE SCREAM OF THE DEAD

West’s sole absorbing interest was a secret study of the phenomena of life and its cessation, leading toward the reanimation of the dead through injections of an excitant solution.


V. THE HORROR FROM THE SHADOWS

I wonder even now if it could have been other than a daemoniac dream of delirium.


VI. THE TOMB-LEGIONS

West, in reality, was more afraid than I; for his abominable pursuits entailed a life of furtiveness and dread of every shadow. Partly it was the police he feared; but sometimes his nervousness was deeper and more nebulous, touching on certain indescribable things into which he had injected a morbid life, and from which he had not seen that life depart.
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  • Shamus 2020.04.18 22:34

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    I read this story today and really enjoyed it. It was written nearly 100 years ago and the different parts were each released in a magazine across the span of a few months. I also watched the movie based on this story a few years ago and though it's considered a cult classic and is entertaining and ridiculous, I would not recommend watching it as it's very gruesome.
  • Noah 2020.04.18 23:57

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    That's a scary voice you're got there, i like it!!
  • Noah 2020.04.18 23:58

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    Do you record it whwn u read the whole book? If you do so i wanna have it.
  • Kate 2020.04.20 07:08

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    Hey there;) have you read "The horror in the museum"? I'm thinking of getting this book but not sure whether I'll like his writing manner...
  • Shamus 2020.04.20 07:29

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    @Kate I haven't. I have just started reading his work recently. To test his style you can search his stories online for free because there is no copyright on much of them. I'd suggest starting with something short to see if you like how he writes. The Statement or Randolph Carter is a good one I think.
  • Kate 2020.04.20 07:32

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    @Shamus thank you for your answer,hope it'll help me ;)
  • Shamus 2020.04.20 08:21

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    @Kate Happy reading Kate. 🤓📚
  • Kate 2020.04.20 08:23

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    @Shamus Thank you,have a stunning day;)☺️

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