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| author = H.P. Lovecraft |
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| elevator pitch = A recount of the increasingly bizarre events surrounding a cult to the titular eldritch being. |
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| genre = Horror |
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| franchise = Cthulhu Mythos |
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"'''The Call of Cthulhu'''" is a [[short story]], written by American writer [[H.P. Lovecraft]]. Written in the summer of 1926, it was first published in the pulp magazine ''[[Weird Tales]]'', in February 1928. |
"'''The Call of Cthulhu'''" is a [[short story]], written by American writer [[H.P. Lovecraft]]. Written in the summer of 1926, it was first published in the pulp magazine ''[[Weird Tales]]'', in February 1928. |
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The story narrator, Francis Wayland Thurston, takes an interest on a cult who worships a being called Cthulhu, after getting the notes and some objects of his recently deceased grand-uncle, who was studying said cult and believed eldritch shenanigans were on. But the more Thurston investigates, the more horrific the revelations become.. |
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