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Dagon is a short story that uses the horrific nightmare experienced by the main character as inspiration, including the feeling of being stuck in suffocating sludge. It also engages with morphine addiction and contemplates suicide.
Dagon by H.P. Lovecraft
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Dagon is a short story that uses the horrific nightmare experienced by the main character as inspiration, including the feeling of being stuck in suffocating sludge. It also engages with morphine addiction and contemplates suicide.
Dagon by H.P. Lovecraft
I am writing this under an appreciable mental strain, since by tonight I shall be no more.
I dreamed that whole hideous crawl and can yet feel the ooze sucking me down.
I'm drawn to it because of its heavily Edgar Allan Poe vibe.