The Terror from the Depths
Author | Fritz Leiber |
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Language | English |
Genre | Horror, Cthulhu Mythos |
Published | 1976 |
Publication place | United States |
The story was begun in 1937 but not finished until 1975. |
"The Terror from the Depths" is a short story by American writer Fritz Leiber, part of the Cthulhu Mythos genre of horror fiction. It was begun in 1937 but not finished until 1975; it was first published in the anthology The Disciples of Cthulhu in 1976.
Summary
The story begins with a note that this manuscript was found inside a container, which was sold at an auction. The story's narrator is George Reuter Fischer, who was born on April 30, 1912, in Louisville, Kentucky. Fischer's father is a mason and stonecutter, who moves his family to Vulture's Roost, California near Hollywood. There, his father builds a mansion with strange stonecarvings. George, however, is troubled by strange dreams where he's in a tunnel as a blind worm-like being. In one of his nightmares, George realizes he's one of the monsters and, in another dream, he sees himself being eaten by those monsters. George eventually finds a way to prevent these dreams. During a hike with his son one afternoon, Fischer's father is killed after he suddenly falls off a cliff. Years later, when Fischer is attending Miskatonic University, he's forced to leave the college soon after due to a combination of factors including nervousness, homesickness, actual ailment, increased hours of sleep, and sleepwalking.
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- Bibliography
- Fritz Leiber, Sr. (father)
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