![]() ![]() The Genie flies back to his moonbeams, and the Daemon turns to regard an ape in silent contemplation. He also remembers "dimly" that they appeared like the small apes that now leap through the ruins. The Daemon replies that he remembers the name of the creatures "clearly," but only because their name rhymed with that of the river: they were called Man. The Genie inquires of the Daemon who it was that long ago placed the stones that were now the desolate ruin near the river Than. "Memory" involves only two characters: "the Genie that haunts the moonbeams" and "the Daemon of the Valley". Through the bottom of this valley runs the great, slimy red river called Than. ![]() ![]() Interspersed in the ruins are large trees that are home to little apes. These crumbling blocks of monolithic stone now serve only for grey toads and snakes to nest under. This story takes place in the ancient valley of Nis, in vegetation-covered stone ruins described by Lovecraft in great detail. Also, his fondness for vast, monolithic ruins (a favourite with many other Cthulhu and horror writers) is evident in the intricate description found in this page-long story. Lovecrafts major inspiration and invention was cosmic horror: life is incomprehensible to human minds and the universe is fundamentally alien. "Memory" uses many of Lovecraft's common images and ideas, such as relics of the deep past and things "without name". Lovecraft, written in 1919 and published in May 1923 in The National Amateur. " Memory" is a flash fiction short story by American horror and science fiction writer H. ![]()
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