Synopsis

Nyarlathotep is an ancient Egyptian god that comes back in 1920, gathering victims by a traveling cinema show.

History

First publication: United Amateur, January 1921

Reportedly based on a dream that Lovecraft had.

Review

This story crosses over between the Dream Cycle series and the Cthulhu Mythos with the god Nyarlathotep. The story is very short and reads like a dream, which it is supposed to have been. This is our first introduction to the evil and destructive gods of Lovecraft’s imagination. Not a lot of story here, but the imaginative description is a taste of what is to come from Lovecraft.