The Call of Cthulhu
1928 · Complete work

The Call of Cthulhu

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“A scholar's hidden legacy unlocks an ancient, maddening truth waiting in the dark abysses of the earth.”

Following the sudden death of his grand-uncle, a distinguished professor of languages at Brown University, Francis Wayland Thurston inherits a chilling archive of research. Piecing together notes on grotesque bas-reliefs, police reports from cult raids, and accounts of inexplicable mass delirium, Thurston uncovers the terrifying footprint of a cosmic entity trapped beneath the ocean. This gripping investigative narrative explores human vulnerability and the fragility of sanity when confronted with realities far older and vaster than civilization itself.

6 Episodes · Classic
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All Episodes (6)

Episode 01
~9 min

The Horror in Clay · I

“The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents.”

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Episode 02
~6 min

The Horror in Clay · II

“The youth’s febrile mind, apparently, was dwelling on strange things; and the doctor shuddered now and then as he spoke of them.”

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Episode 03
~14 min

The Tale of Inspector Legrasse · I

“This person was the late William Channing Webb, professor of anthropology in Princeton University, and an explorer of no slight note.”

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Episode 04
~10 min

The Tale of Inspector Legrasse · II

“They had, indeed, come themselves from the stars, and brought Their images with Them.”

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Episode 05
~10 min

The Madness from the Sea · I

“What it suggested, however, was of portentous significance to my flagging quest; and I carefully tore it out for immediate action.”

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Episode 06
~10 min

The Madness from the Sea · II

“Of the swarthy cult-fiends on the Alert he speaks with significant horror.”

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Public-domain work (1928). Text: Project Gutenberg #68283. The Spanish version is an AI-assisted translation and may contain errors. Digital edition by Inkora Stories. Learn more