The Shadow Over Innsmouth Author:H.P. Lovecraft The Shadow over Innsmouth is a horror novella by H. P. Lovecraft. It forms part of the Cthulhu Mythos, using its motif of a malign undersea civilization. It references several shared elements of the Mythos, including place-names, mythical creatures and invocations. The narrator is a student on an antiquarian tour of New England. He sees a piece ... more »of exotic jewelry in a museum, and learns that its source is the nearby decrepit seaport of Innsmouth... It is the only Lovecraft story which was published in book form during his lifetime.« less