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2 unusual facts about Lovecraft Country


The Silver Key

During one of these dreams, his long-dead grandfather tells him of a silver key in his attic, inscribed with mysterious arabesque symbols, which he finds and takes with him on a visit to his boyhood home in the backwoods of northeastern Massachusetts (the setting for many of Lovecraft's stories), where he enters a mysterious cave that he used to play in.

The Terrible Old Man

It's notable as the first story to make use of Lovecraft's imaginary New England setting, introducing the fictional town of Kingsport.



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