'During the winter of [2018] officials of the government made strange investigations in the ancient [SOUTH-GERMAN] seaport of the [LAKE CONSTANCE]. The public first learned of it in [DECEMBER], when a vast series of raids occurred, followed by the [RITUALS]—in crumbling, worm-eaten houses along the waterfront.*' *supposed to be the true lines of H.P. Lovecraft, 'The Shadow over Innsmouth' ... more