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Random lines from H. P. Lovecraft novels
Currently includes:
*At the Mountains of Madness*
*The Call of Cthulhu*
*The Colour Out of Space*
*The Dunwich […]
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Currently includes:
*At the Mountains of Madness*
*The Call of Cthulhu*
*The Colour Out of Space*
*The Dunwich […]
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They from the air told me at Sabbat that it will be years before I can clear off the earth, and I guess Grandfather will be dead then, so I shall have to learn all the angles of the planes and all the formulas between the Yr and the Nhhngr.
February 18, 2026 at 5:17 PM
They from the air told me at Sabbat that it will be years before I can clear off the earth, and I guess Grandfather will be dead then, so I shall have to learn all the angles of the planes and all the formulas between the Yr and the Nhhngr.
every trace of Wilcox's malady suddenly ceased.
February 18, 2026 at 4:17 PM
every trace of Wilcox's malady suddenly ceased.
The latter, indeed, had almost run away when brought up by a firm rein.
February 18, 2026 at 3:17 PM
The latter, indeed, had almost run away when brought up by a firm rein.
It was plainly unhealthy, perhaps because of the dampness and fungous growths in the cellar, the general sickish smell, the drafts of the hallways, or the quality of the well and pump water.
February 18, 2026 at 2:17 PM
It was plainly unhealthy, perhaps because of the dampness and fungous growths in the cellar, the general sickish smell, the drafts of the hallways, or the quality of the well and pump water.
The walls were rough, and the high, vaulted roof was thick with stalactites; but the solid rock floor had been smoothed off, and was free from all débris, detritus, or even dust to a positively abnormal extent.
February 18, 2026 at 12:17 PM
The walls were rough, and the high, vaulted roof was thick with stalactites; but the solid rock floor had been smoothed off, and was free from all débris, detritus, or even dust to a positively abnormal extent.
Lord, what intelligence and persistence!
February 18, 2026 at 11:17 AM
Lord, what intelligence and persistence!
It took a week to track all four, and when found they were seen to be quite useless and unmanageable.
February 18, 2026 at 8:17 AM
It took a week to track all four, and when found they were seen to be quite useless and unmanageable.
From him there were no protests at the miles of old wood and farmland to be blotted out, though perhaps there would have been had not his home lain outside the bounds of the future lake.
February 18, 2026 at 5:17 AM
From him there were no protests at the miles of old wood and farmland to be blotted out, though perhaps there would have been had not his home lain outside the bounds of the future lake.
Cursorily, one would say that its respiratory apparatus handled oxygen rather than carbon dioxide; and there were odd evidences of air-storage chambers and methods of shifting respiration from the external orifice to at least two other fully developed breathing systems--gills and pores.
February 18, 2026 at 4:17 AM
Cursorily, one would say that its respiratory apparatus handled oxygen rather than carbon dioxide; and there were odd evidences of air-storage chambers and methods of shifting respiration from the external orifice to at least two other fully developed breathing systems--gills and pores.
There were legends of a hidden lake unglimpsed by mortal sight, in which dwelt a huge, formless white polypous thing with luminous eyes; and squatters whispered that bat-winged devils flew up out of caverns in inner earth to worship it at midnight.
February 18, 2026 at 2:17 AM
There were legends of a hidden lake unglimpsed by mortal sight, in which dwelt a huge, formless white polypous thing with luminous eyes; and squatters whispered that bat-winged devils flew up out of caverns in inner earth to worship it at midnight.
About 7 o'clock Luther Brown, the hired boy at George Corey's, between Cold Spring Glen and the village, rushed frenziedly back from his morning trip to Ten-Acre Meadow with the cows.
February 18, 2026 at 12:17 AM
About 7 o'clock Luther Brown, the hired boy at George Corey's, between Cold Spring Glen and the village, rushed frenziedly back from his morning trip to Ten-Acre Meadow with the cows.
Rathbone was a practical man, and rented the Benefit Street house despite William's wish to keep it vacant.
February 17, 2026 at 11:17 PM
Rathbone was a practical man, and rented the Benefit Street house despite William's wish to keep it vacant.
Ammi had difficulty in recalling all these things, but recognized some solvents as I mentioned them in the usual order of use.
February 17, 2026 at 6:17 PM
Ammi had difficulty in recalling all these things, but recognized some solvents as I mentioned them in the usual order of use.
The samples in this analysis case gave the same odd bands at first, though later they lost the property.
February 17, 2026 at 2:17 PM
The samples in this analysis case gave the same odd bands at first, though later they lost the property.
The dogs had evidently started the trouble, for the state of their ill-built corral bore witness to its forcible breakage from within.
February 17, 2026 at 1:17 PM
The dogs had evidently started the trouble, for the state of their ill-built corral bore witness to its forcible breakage from within.
In this kaleidoscopic vortex of phantasmal images were occasional snap-shots, if one might use the term, of singular clearness but unaccountable heterogeneity.
February 17, 2026 at 12:17 PM
In this kaleidoscopic vortex of phantasmal images were occasional snap-shots, if one might use the term, of singular clearness but unaccountable heterogeneity.
The trees and the hills were close to him, and formed the gates of that timeless realm which was his true country.
February 17, 2026 at 8:17 AM
The trees and the hills were close to him, and formed the gates of that timeless realm which was his true country.
Many of the crowded family degenerated, moved across the valley, and merged with the mongrel population which was later to produce the pitiful squatters.
February 17, 2026 at 3:17 AM
Many of the crowded family degenerated, moved across the valley, and merged with the mongrel population which was later to produce the pitiful squatters.
George Bennett and William Tobey had left no trace, not even of a struggle.
February 17, 2026 at 12:17 AM
George Bennett and William Tobey had left no trace, not even of a struggle.
Surely a pretty hearthside tale, with a queer significance as to name and place; but I decided that the Providence gossips could not have generally known of it.
February 16, 2026 at 10:17 PM
Surely a pretty hearthside tale, with a queer significance as to name and place; but I decided that the Providence gossips could not have generally known of it.
What still remained down in that hell-hive, lurking and waiting for the thunder to arouse it, I did not know.
February 16, 2026 at 5:17 PM
What still remained down in that hell-hive, lurking and waiting for the thunder to arouse it, I did not know.
Something in the Martenses' manner gave Gifford a feeling of repulsion and suspicion, and a week later he returned with spade and mattock to explore the sepulchral spot.
February 16, 2026 at 2:17 PM
Something in the Martenses' manner gave Gifford a feeling of repulsion and suspicion, and a week later he returned with spade and mattock to explore the sepulchral spot.
There was considerable questioning at the police station, and in the end Ammi was compelled to take three officers to the Gardner farm, together with the coroner, the medical examiner, and the veterinary who had treated the diseased animals.
February 16, 2026 at 1:17 PM
There was considerable questioning at the police station, and in the end Ammi was compelled to take three officers to the Gardner farm, together with the coroner, the medical examiner, and the veterinary who had treated the diseased animals.
To declare that we were not nervous on that rainy night of watching would be an exaggeration both gross and ridiculous.
February 16, 2026 at 11:17 AM
To declare that we were not nervous on that rainy night of watching would be an exaggeration both gross and ridiculous.
I shuddered at the thought of those vital processes, worn as they were by eighty-one years of continuous functioning, in conflict with unknown forces of which the youngest and strongest system might well be afraid; but in another moment reflected that dreams are only dreams, and that these […]
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February 16, 2026 at 9:17 AM
I shuddered at the thought of those vital processes, worn as they were by eighty-one years of continuous functioning, in conflict with unknown forces of which the youngest and strongest system might well be afraid; but in another moment reflected that dreams are only dreams, and that these […]