It is the only story written by Lovecraft in which the extraterrestrial entity Cthulhu himself makes a major appearance. It is written in a documentary style, with three independent narratives linked together by the device of a narrator discovering notes left by a deceased relative. The narrator pieces together the whole truth and disturbing significance of the information he possesses, illustrating the story's first line: "The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents. We live on a placid island of ignorance in the midst of black seas of infinity; and it was not meant that we should voyage far."
- ISBN13 9798654466693
- Publish Date 16 June 2020 (first published 22 March 2013)
- Publish Status Unknown
- Imprint Independently Published
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Pages 50
- Language English