H.P. Lovecraft - Dagon (1917) [Short Story]

Dagon is a short story by H. P. Lovecraft, written in July, 1917. It is one of the first stories he wrote as an adult, and was first published in the November 1919 edition of The Vagrant (issue #11). Later, in October of 1923, Dagon was published in Weird Tales. < Link Here >

The story is the testament of a tortured, morphine-addicted man who plans to commit suicide over an incident that occurred early on in World War I when he was a merchant marine officer.

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I cannot think of the deep sea without shuddering at the nameless things that may at this very moment be crawling and floundering on its slimy bed, worshipping their ancient stone idols and carving their own detestable likenesses on submarine obelisks of water-soaked granite. I dream of a day when they may rise above the billows to drag down in their reeking talons the remnants of puny, war-exhausted mankind—of a day when the land shall sink, and the dark ocean floor shall ascend amidst universal pandemonium.

Short story by H. P. Lovecraft

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Dagon, with illustrations by French artist Armel Gaulme

Dagon - Short movie by the Lone Animator - YT Video | Invidious Link (NO ADS)

illustrated reading of 'Dagon' Read by Mike Bennett, illustrated by Christopher Steininger. - YT Video | Invidious Link