![]() ![]() It is noted that "much of the physical description of the Dunwich countryside is a faithful sketch of Wilbraham:" ( EXP: The Dunwich Horror and Others)ĭunwich is "a vague echo of the decadent Massachusetts countryside around Springfield - say Wilbraham, Monson and Hampden." ( HPL: Selected Letters 3.508) One such legend is the notion that whippoorwills can capture the departing soul. ( HPL: letter to August Derleth, August 4, 1928, EXP: The Dunwich Horror and Others) ![]() The action "takes place amongst the wild domed hills of the upper Miskatonic Valley, far northwest of Arkham, and is based on several old New England legends - one of which I heard only last month during my sojourn in Wilbraham," a town east of Springfield. ![]()
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