The Man Who Collected Machen And Other Weird Tales - Plot & Excerpts
It is a tortuous road, one which winds like a serpent across the arid landscape, and which finally attains the level of the plateau and the mass of buildings clustered around the Xapalpa river. The terrain is famous for its huge volcanic rocks called the Piedrotas. They are located to the northwest of the town and jut out fantastically from the earth, in a multitude of bewildering geological formations. Such is their extreme antiquity, they have been worn down in places by centuries of wind and rain. From Xapalpa, one can see the Colima volcano to the south, the most active of all volcanoes in Mexico, as it almost continually puffs out sulphur smoke from its crater. One senses that it is a region of cosmic antiquity, and that man is no more significant here than any other of the insects that crawl in the dust. Frank Mason tried not to let the impressive scenery all around distract him from the road ahead as he drove his black Cherokee Jeep towards Xapalpa. If he let his attention wander there seemed a good chance he’d wind up hurtling his vehicle into the scrubland below.
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