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SYNOPSIS The story is told from the first person perspective of an American Naval officer at the onset of World War I . In the tale, the unnamed narrator finds the ship he is serving on overtaken by a German man-o-war. The sailor escapes on a lifeboat and sails aimlessly across the sea until he eventually comes upon an unnamed black, murky islet. As he wanders the island, he comes to the conclusion that the island was formerly "a portion of the ocean floor... thrown to the surface" by a volcanic upheaval. While exploring this dark island, the narrator comes upon a gigantic monolith that he suspects is several centuries old. He is horrified to witness a godlike creature of the Deep One s known as Dagon (sometimes referred to as Father Dagon). Lovecraft describes Dagon’s appearance as follows:
Finally, the narrator describes how, despite having been rescued and returning to civilization, he is still haunted by his memory of Dagon. He mentions that, while he had turned to Morphine to quell his fears, his supply of the drug has run out. The story ends with the narrator stating an imminent intent to commit suicide by jumping out of a window. PUBLICATION HISTORY Although first written in 1917 , Dagon was first published in the November 1919 edition of a fantasy magazine entitled ''The Vagrant'' (issue #11). It has been subsequently reprinted in the following collective works.
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