For July 2024, we are reading the quite short story, "Hypnos," by Lovecraft. Wikipedia has some really good coverage of this story without spoiling it much: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypnos_....
The plot kernel goes, "The man who would not sleep--dares not sleep--takes drugs to keep himself awake. Finally falls asleep--& something happens." Didn't we read that last month?
Anyway, "Lovecraft dedicated this story to his longtime friend Samuel Loveman, who featured in the dreams that inspired Lovecraft's "The Statement of Randolph Carter" and "Nyarlathotep". Loveman suggested it was the best thing Lovecraft had ever written up to that point in time, as mentioned by Lovecraft in a letter."
The plot kernel goes, "The man who would not sleep--dares not sleep--takes drugs to keep himself awake. Finally falls asleep--& something happens." Didn't we read that last month?
Anyway, "Lovecraft dedicated this story to his longtime friend Samuel Loveman, who featured in the dreams that inspired Lovecraft's "The Statement of Randolph Carter" and "Nyarlathotep". Loveman suggested it was the best thing Lovecraft had ever written up to that point in time, as mentioned by Lovecraft in a letter."
What do you think?