![]() ![]() ![]() Then a creature emerges from the water nearby. The monolith contains hieroglyphics of various aquatic symbols, but also depicts fish-like men. He eventually comes to a hill, which has a huge white stone monolith on it, a monolith that was clearly made by intelligent life. He stays there for three days before proceeding on foot, looking for possible rescue. The man speculates that the area must have been part of the Pacific floor that was thrown up by volcanic activity, and it had been buried for millions of years, untouched until now. ![]() He would eventually escape and drift until he found himself a “black mire”, which was full of rotting fish and more foul stenches. He tells of being on a cargo ship that was captured by a German sea-raider in the Pacific. Lovecraftĭagon is told by an officer of World War I, who is now addicted to morphine, and is telling the story of why he has fallen to his current low. This article will give you a summary and background of this short story, along with the full text below. The story is notable for being largely considered the first story in what we now call the “Cthulhu Mythos”. The Vagrant (issue #11) is where it was initially released, and it was later republished in a 1923 issue of Weird Tales, the magazine that saw much of Lovecraft’s best work printed. Lovecraft in July of 1917, and it was published two years later in November of 1919. ![]()
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