It is curious to note that the time that separates the time frame of this story from our own time is practically a century. It's as if we, the inhabitants of the second decade of the 21st century, were still being affected by the events of the end of the World War II.
I've read H.P. Lovecraft stories like these one in the original text but reading it in illustrations sure gives a new feeling of dread even if I knew what is going on.
