Dark Discussions - Episode 444 - The Whisperer in Darkness

Welcome the newest episode of Dark Discussions, your place for the discussion of horror film, fiction, and all that’s fantastic.

Dabbling in science fiction, some of H.P. Lovecraft’s horror tales transcends genres in a sense. Some include THE COLOUR OUT OF SPACE and AT THE MOUNTAINS OF MADNESS. One of his most important (and famous) is THE WHISPERER IN DARKNESS. It’s another one of his epic length novellas that touches such emotions as paranoia and fear.

When Massachusetts native Albert Wilmarth, a college professor of folklore, reads about strange things floating in the great floods in Vermont, he enters the fray to try to calm the fears of the locals. Soon a well-educated well-to-do farmer named Henry Akeley sends Albert a private letter showing that there may be more to the stories than he thinks. Albert is suddenly intrigued about this mystery. Now involved, unbeknownst to him, he may be a target of a wicked evil.

THE WHISPERER IN DARKNESS originally appeared in the magazine Weird Tales in August 1931. Years later, the story, even with its novel length is included in most collections of the author’s best stories. With its blend of rural horror, alien invaders, and well paced mystery, the story has remained one of his most popular. Dark Discussions takes a look at this tale in their latest book episode.

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