The Legacy Of Erich Zann And Other Tales Of The Cthulhu Mythos (2012) - Plot & Excerpts
Visitors to the island—even those who’ve only come over the Solent from Hampshire, let alone across the Atlantic from Boston—are always taken by surprise by the slower pace of life here. It’s not so much that the buses never run on time as the fact that you can’t judge the time of a walk by looking at the map. The map is flat, but the terrain is anything but, especially here on the south coast, where all the chines are. “Do come in, Professor Thurber,” I said, when I opened the door. “This is quite a privilege. I don’t get many visitors.” His face was a trifle blanched, and he had to make an effort to unclench his jaw. “I’m not surprised,” he muttered, in an accent that was distinctly American but by no means a drawl. “Who ever thought of building a house here, and how on Earth did they get the materials down that narrow track?” I took his coat. There were scuff-marks on the right sleeve because of the way he’d hugged the wall on the way down rather than trust the hand-rail on the left.
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