The story is set in Providence, Rhode Island, which is author H. P. Lovecraft's hometown and a common setting in his books. Robert Blake, a young man with an interest in the occult, becomes fascinated by a d...

The shogunate installed by the Tokugawa is abiding order, the people live in peace and in a relative prosperity. However, the dark part of the human heart does not cease to arouse their cupidity : it is the...