"Beyond the Wall of Sleep" by H. P. Lovecraft
The Lovecraft Vault · 2025-04-16
BEYOND THE WALL OF SLEEP was written in 1919 and first published in Pine Cones in October of that same year. The story is narrated by an unnamed researcher at a mental hospital who becomes fascinated by a violent, backwoods patient named Joe Slater. Slater, a degenerate from the Catskill Mountains, suffers from strange, vivid dreams in which he experiences celestial visions and claims to transform into a luminous, cosmic being.
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A HorrorBabble podcast exploring the works of H. P. Lovecraft and his contemporaries, with a special emphasis on Cthulhu Mythos stories.
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