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Precipitous Tales

By: H. P. Lovecraft
Narrated by: Neil Hellegers
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Taken together, the works of H. P. Lovecraft create a terrific world of elder gods, ancient aliens, and cosmic horror. This new original collection of Lovecraft's earliest stories lays the foundation for that world and prefigures many of his later infamous tales.

In "The Nameless City", an intrepid explorer encounters a shunned, crumbling city in the desert, older than the earliest known of humankind but perhaps not as abandoned as was thought. In "The Tomb", a young man's lifelong obsession with the locked crypt of an ill-fated, extinct family slowly turns to madness...or possession. In "Dagon", a sailor adrift in the Pacific Ocean awakes to discover himself stranded on the risen sea floor...and the abomination that has risen along with those ancient depths. And in "The Music of Erich Zann", a destitute university student is entranced by the mysterious and alluring music of the old, mute viol player who lives in the apartment above - until he finds the music serves a dark, urgent purpose.

Please enjoy the stories of these four unfortunate souls as they enter the eldritch universe of H. P. Lovecraft.

Table of contents: "The Nameless City"; "The Tomb"; "Dagon"; "The Music of Erich Zann".

Public Domain (P)2016 Neil Matthew Hellegers

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