The man is addicted to morphine, and can think of nothing but death. Only morphine has made his life barely tolerable. He is in this fragile mental state because of the things that happened in the past; because of the things he was forced to encounter. During the First World War he ended up alone on an island â an island that was pure horror.
âDagonâ is a horror short story written by H. P. Lovecraft. It was first published in 1917.
H.P. Lovecraft (1890â1937) was an American horror writer. His best known works include âThe Call of Cthulhuâ and âthe Mountains of Madnessâ. Most of his work was originally published in pulp magazines, and Lovecraft rose into fame only after his death at the age of 46. He has had a great influence in both horror and science fiction genres.