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Author: A. Merritt

Abraham Merritt (1884–1943), who wrote as A. Merritt, was one of the most successful and influential proto-sf writers of the pulp era. He is best remembered today for his novels The Moon Pool (1919), The Ship of Ishtar (1924), The Face in the Abyss (1931), and Dwellers in the Mirage (1932). His stories’ suggestion that lost races, ancient technologies, and other far-out phenomena were waiting to be discovered beneath the surface of everyday modern life were a major influence on Lovecraft and his circle.

THE MOON POOL (15)

By: A. Merritt

“The radiant shower of particles hurled out by radium…”

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THE MOON POOL (14)

By: A. Merritt

Never had I seen a woman so beautiful as was Yolara of the Dweller’s city.

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THE MOON POOL (13)

By: A. Merritt

“There’s no way in but in — and no way out but out.”

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THE MOON POOL (12)

By: A. Merritt

We were racing, dropping, hurling at a frightful speed — where?

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THE MOON POOL (11)

By: A. Merritt

I stretched out a shaking hand and touched the surface of the slab.

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THE MOON POOL (10)

By: A. Merritt

“I am a seeker, observer, analyst, and synthesist of facts.”

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THE MOON POOL (9)

By: A. Merritt

“We follow the sparkling devil that came down from the moon.”

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THE MOON POOL (8)

By: A. Merritt

“Twice have I heard the banshee calling…”

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THE MOON POOL (7)

By: A. Merritt

“The sparkling devil took them!”

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THE MOON POOL (6)

By: A. Merritt

“Out from the Inexplicable swept a shining spiral.”

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THE MOON POOL (5)

By: A. Merritt

Ecstasy insupportable and horror unimaginable!

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THE MOON POOL (4)

By: A. Merritt

“It knows you are here. It waits!”

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THE MOON POOL (3)

By: A. Merritt

“Their beliefs are gloomy, these Ponapeans.”

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THE MOON POOL (2)

By: A. Merritt

Within the mistiness was a core, a nucleus of intenser light…

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THE MOON POOL (1)

By: A. Merritt

“Excessively menacing potentialities…”

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