This snippet from a master horror writer doesn’t go where you think it’s going
The author H.P.Lovecraft is practically a byword for terror, with his tales of unspeakable monsters, such as the timeless cosmic being, Cthulhu, driving humans to destruction with their very appearance. For this reason, you know what you’re going to get when you read a piece of text from Lovecraft – usually.
This snippet builds up the suspense in a typical Lovecraftian way, veering off to a very unexpected end.
Let’s take a closer look at that, shall we.
Yes – the subject of the nerve-jangling suspense was a penguin. It just goes to show that with enough imagination, anything can be terrifying.
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