The Crawling Chaos

For other uses, see Crawling Chaos (disambiguation).

"The Crawling Chaos" is a short story by American writers H. P. Lovecraft and Winifred V. Jackson (first published April 1921 in the United Cooperative. As in their other collaboration, "The Green Meadow", the tale was credited to "Elizabeth Berkeley" (Jackson) and "Lewis Theobald, Jun" (Lovecraft).[1] Lovecraft wrote the entire text, but Jackson is also credited since the story was based on a dream she experienced.

Despite the title's similarity to the character's epithet, Lovecraft's monster Nyarlathotep (who is, indeed, harbinger of the apocalypse) does not appear in this story. The name was used because Lovecraft liked "the ring of it".

Reprints

The tale was published in Beyond the Wall of Sleep.

The corrected text is collected in Lovecraft's revisions volume The Horror in the Museum and Other Revisions (Arkham House, 1970).

References

  1. "The Crawling Chaos" By Elizabeth Berkeley and Lewis Theobald, Jun., H.P.Lovecraft.com
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