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Inching ever closer to the next checkpoint of The Call of Cthulhu!

The Rats in the Walls was exceedingly gothic! Lovecraft truly brought to life the setting of his protagonist’s eventual doom to such a wonderful degree, that I found myself so vividly imagining the very room in which the psychic manifestation of the eponymous rats first occurred. Yet, I find myself left with a bit of a sour taste in my mouth over the narrative’s portrayal of pagan cult, a shame.

After reading The Lurking Fear, I can confidently state that Lovecraft’s longer works are much more enjoyable. Although, I find it hilarious just how much he was terrified by notions of degenerated, devolved ape-like humans. This seems to be a recurring trope in several of his stories.