What the Moon Brings

Part of the Dream Cycle series

What the Moon Brings is a short story by H.P. Lovecraft, written on June 5, 1922. This story was first published in the National Amateur in May 1923, and based upon a dream.

This story is told in the first person; the narrator is never named. The story describes a surreal dreamscape. The narrator wanders through his garden one night and in the moonlight sees strange and bizarre things.

Genre
horrorfantasyscience fiction
Audience
adult
Length
short · 6 pages
Form
short stories

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