originally published Dreams From R'lyeh, Arkham House, 1975
A series of 31 sonnets, starting with a narrator's memories of going to live with a mysterious uncle who is apparently part of a Cthulhoid cult, then taking various Cthulhu-related subjects - mostly places such as R'lyeh, Kadath, etc.
As sonnets, these aren't bad. Nor are they outstandingly good. I actually think a good story could be built around these, by a creative sort. But Carter's limited and derivative imagination, and the fact that he just plain didn't have the chops, keep these from being really memorable. Fun though.
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