By: A. Merritt

“The radiant shower of particles hurled out by radium…”

By: A. Merritt

Never had I seen a woman so beautiful as was Yolara of the Dweller’s city.

By: A. Merritt

“There’s no way in but in — and no way out but out.”

By: A. Merritt

We were racing, dropping, hurling at a frightful speed — where?

By: A. Merritt

I stretched out a shaking hand and touched the surface of the slab.

By: A. Merritt

“I am a seeker, observer, analyst, and synthesist of facts.”

By: A. Merritt

“We follow the sparkling devil that came down from the moon.”

By: A. Merritt

“Twice have I heard the banshee calling…”

By: A. Merritt

“The sparkling devil took them!”

By: A. Merritt

“Out from the Inexplicable swept a shining spiral.”

By: A. Merritt

Ecstasy insupportable and horror unimaginable!

By: A. Merritt

“It knows you are here. It waits!”

By: A. Merritt

“Their beliefs are gloomy, these Ponapeans.”

By: A. Merritt

Within the mistiness was a core, a nucleus of intenser light…

By: A. Merritt

“Excessively menacing potentialities…”