Doug even sees one of these walking fish sticks and it freaks him out so much that he goes and insane and swears off Red Lobster forever. This is a recurring theme in Lovecraft’s books: incompetent sailors and archaeologists uncover interdenominational cities with monsters. So, he’s in Maine? HIYO!!!! He discovers that there is a temple of sorts worshiped by Fish-men … really.

His wee row boat runs aground on a murky grossness that smells of rotting dead fish.

Are we sure he was attacked by the Germans or were they on a mercy rescue mission? Was he in the French Navy? He and his crew are captured and the only people more incompetent than he is are the Germans who easily let him escape. His ship is attacked and captured by the Germans without any description of a fight. I mean really the only thing this guy seemed to know how to do correctly was morphine. You heard it first – his name was Doug.ĭoug was a naval officer … somehow. His name is never mentioned so, I’m calling him Doug. The story is written by as a memoir of man who is strung out on steak sauce for days…I mean heroin…no….wait…morphine- that’s it. I doubt there is a a connection to Lovecraft and steak sauce, but who knows? Maybe they’ll be some discovered works where the Old Ones try to consume humanity and the world, but are placated with deliciousness of HP?ĭagon is short it clocks in at 5 pages, but that was interesting enough to inspire the film Dagon- Lisa’s Dagon Review. HP Lovecraft made Stephen King’s work possible and his first name HP makes me think of my favorite tangy steak sauce. Dagon by HP Lovecraft is a brief story that strives to set up his “mythos”.

Get Out! by Judy Molland