Book description
An old mute man plays viol but his music has a terrible secret.
The Music of Erich Zann is a short horror story by H.P. Lovecraft.
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I don’t think most Lovecraft fans casual or devoted would single out The Music of Erich Zann, given the staying power of the Cthulhu mythos and everything associated with it. But what causes Lovecraft’s work to resonate so many decades later is his mastery over the disquieting, and this story about music channeled from a horrific place played on a street that doesn’t seem to exist by a violinist terrified and compelled to keep playing has stayed with me more than any of Lovecraft’s other stories in the years since I read it. Maybe it’s the musician in me,…
From Harrison's list on short horror stories on why my brain works this way.
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