The Very Old Folk E-Book

H. P. Lovecraft

• Herausgeber: SAMPI Books
• Kategorie: Abenteuer, Thriller, Horror
• Sprache: Englisch

Seitenzahl: 13

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2025

Beschreibung

In a letter-like narrative set in ancient Roman times, the narrator describes a vivid dream in which he is a Roman official in Spain. He leads a party into the mountains to investigate strange, ancient rites performed by a primitive tribe. The expedition ends in horror when they witness grotesque, age-old beings in a monstrous ceremony. The tale hints at dark, ancient powers lurking beneath history's surface.

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The Very Old Folk

H. P. Lovecraft

SYNOPSIS

In a letter-like narrative set in ancient Roman times, the narrator describes a vivid dream in which he is a Roman official in Spain. He leads a party into the mountains to investigate strange, ancient rites performed by a primitive tribe. The expedition ends in horror when they witness grotesque, age-old beings in a monstrous ceremony. The tale hints at dark, ancient powers lurking beneath history’s surface.

Keywords

Ancient Rome, Ritual, Horror

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The Very Old Folk

Thursday[November 3, 1927]

Dear Melmoth:–

. . . So you are busy delving into the shady past of that insufferable young Asiatic Varius Avitus Bassianus? Ugh! There are few persons I loathe more than that cursed little Syrian rat!

I have myself been carried back to Roman times by my recent perusal of James Rhoades’ Æneid,