The Shadow Over Innsmouth

The Shadow over Innsmouth

Horrifying Novelette

This is a literary translation of the original public-domain text

• The language has been updated from the 1942 original to contemporary American English.
• The text has been edited to make it more concise and accessible to a broader audience.
• Language that would today be considered racist but was acceptable at the time has been removed.

For comparison, the original before translation:
'During the winter of 1927-28 Federal government officials made a strange and secret investigation of certain conditions in the ancient Massachusetts seaport of Innsmouth. The public first learned of it in February, when a vast series of raids and arrests occurred, followed by the deliberate burning and dynamiting—under suitable precautions—of an enormous number of crumbling, worm-eaten, and supposedly empty houses along the abandoned waterfront. Uninquiring souls let this occurrence pass as one of the major clashes in a spasmodic war on liquor.'
After
'During the winter of 1927-28, Federal government officials conducted a strange and secret investigation of certain conditions in the ancient Massachusetts seaport of Innsmouth. The public learned of this in February when a vast series of raids and arrests occurred. This was followed by the deliberate burning and dynamiting—under suitable precautions—of an enormous number of crumbling, worm-eaten, and supposedly empty houses along the abandoned waterfront. Uninquiring souls let this occurrence pass as one of the major clashes in a spasmodic war on liquor.'
This revised edition of The Shadow over Innsmouth by HP Lovecraft has been updated to resonate with contemporary international audiences. The language of the 1942 edition has been modernized to improve accessibility for readers worldwide.
Unspeakable monstrousness over-hung the crumbling, stench-cursed town of Innsmouth ... and folks there had somehow got out of the idea of dying...

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