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Chronicle · Written 1931 → Published 1936

The Shadow over Innsmouth

Self-published by Visionary Publishing Co. (small print run); reprinted Weird Tales, Jan. 1942

The Shadow over Innsmouth

A budget tour brings a young traveler to a shunned Massachusetts fishing town, where the older residents share an unsettling look and a strange gold jewelry tradition traces back to a 19th-century sea captain's overseas dealings. Staying past nightfall turns out to be a serious mistake.

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