Synopsis
A man experiences a change into another body, a past life, where he is a guard in the army of a city.
History
First publication: Philosopher, December 1920
Review
A short and imaginative story from the Dream Cycle. It involves what might just be a dream, but might be a past life. You get a glimpse of the other ancient fantasy world, brought on by seeing an aurora. Not bad but only a snippet of a story. I don’t think Lovecraft needed to say more, but he could have.
Videos
We have the story in these editions:
Dagon and Other Macabre Tales, edited by S. T. Joshi, hardcover, Arkham House, 1987-01-00
The New Annotated H. P. Lovecraft: Beyond Arkham, hardcover, Liveright, 2019-09-24
The Doom That Came to Sarnath, paperback, Del Rey, 1982-02-12
All of the stories in the Dream Cycle series:
What the Moon Brings
Ex Oblivione
The Case of Charles Dexter Ward
The White Ship
The Doom That Came to Sarnath
Nyarlathotep
The Cats of Ulthar
Polaris
Azathoth
Hypnos
Celephais
The Outsider
The Strange High House in the Mist
The Other Gods
From Beyond
The Quest of Iranon
The Thing in the Moonlight
