The Dunwich Horror (Fantasy and Horror Classics) ; With a Dedication by George Henry Weiss

<p><strong>In the secluded hills of Massachusetts the blood of man and cosmic horror is mixed.</strong></p><p>The story is set in <strong>Dunwich Massachusetts</strong> a secluded degenerate village nestled in the hills where the inhabitants are notorious for their superstition strange rites and physical anomalies. The narrative centers on the cursed <strong>Whateley family</strong> who live in a rotting farmhouse atop Sentinel Hill.</p><p>The old wizard <strong>Old Man Whateley</strong> possesses forbidden knowledge and through an unspeakable ritual fathers twin boys with his albino daughter Lavinia. One twin is the visibly human goat-like <strong>Wilbur Whateley</strong> who grows at an unnaturally rapid rate demonstrating occult genius and terrifying physical characteristics. The other twin is <strong>unseen</strong> a vast invisible creature that grows to colossal size inside the locked upper rooms of the farmhouse guarded by a potent protective spell.</p><p>Wilbur Whateley seeks to acquire a complete copy of the <strong><em>Necronomicon</em> (The Book of the Dead)</strong> from Miskatonic University as he needs the final ritual to fully unleash his monstrous twin--his colossal extraterrestrial <strong>father--</strong>upon the world.</p><p>When Wilbur is killed while attempting his theft the protective spell binding the invisible twin breaks. The creature is finally free and begins a terrifying rampage across the hills destroying farms and leaving behind monstrous non-Euclidean footprints and a sickening foul smell.</p><p>The horror is finally confronted by a group of professors from Miskatonic University (led by Dr. Armitage) who use powerful ancient incantations to make the invisible monster momentarily visible revealing its horrific tentacled and multi-limbed form before destroying it.</p><p><strong><em>The Dunwich Horror</em></strong> is a core story of the <strong>Cthulhu Mythos</strong> and one of <strong>H. P. Lovecraft's</strong> most celebrated tales. It is a chilling fusion of folk horror biological mutation and cosmic invasion centering on the profound generational horror that results when humanity breeds with the terrible forces of the void.</p>