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A decaying coastal town recedes into sea mist and cold darkness.
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Discarded Draft of The Shadow over Innsmouth

The discarded draft of The Shadow over Innsmouth preserves portions of an abandoned version, not an alternative complete novella. Its opening, jewelry-shop scene and encounter with Zadok show how the familiar town took shape through revision. The narrator’s home, the retrospective destruction of Innsmouth and the presentation of the Marsh business differ from the finished story.

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