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"Azathoth" is a the beginning of a never-completed novel written by American horror writer H. P. Lovecraft. It was written in June 1922 and published as a fragment in the journal Leaves in 1938, after Lovecraft's death.

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The story begins by describing how the modern world has been stripped of imagination and belief in magic. The protagonist is an unnamed man who lives in a dull and ugly city. Every night for many years the man gazes from his window upon the stars, until he comes over time to observe secret vistas unsuspected by normal humanity. One night the gulf between his world and the stars is bridged, and his mind ascends from his body out unto the boundless cosmos.

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-Azathoth (Short Story): Is a short story by the American horror writer [[H.P. Lovecraft]]
+"Azathoth" is a the beginning of a never-completed novel written by American horror writer [[H. P. Lovecraft]]. It was written in June 1922 and published as a fragment in the journal ''Leaves'' in 1938, after Lovecraft's death.
 ==Synopsis==
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-The story begins by describing the modern world and how it has been stripped of imagination and belief in magic. It then describes a man of name or abode unknown, typical to that of dreamer; suffice to say he lived in a dull and ugly city. It then goes on to describe how every night the man would from his window gaze upon the stars, this he would continue to do for many years, over time he would come to observe secret vistas of which no normal person would suspect. Until one night the gulf between his world and that of the stars was bridged and thus his mind ascended from his body out unto the boundless cosmos.
+The story begins by describing how the modern world has been stripped of imagination and belief in magic. The protagonist is an unnamed man who lives in a dull and ugly city. Every night for many years the man gazes from his window upon the stars, until he comes over time to observe secret vistas unsuspected by normal humanity. One night the gulf between his world and the stars is bridged, and his mind ascends from his body out unto the boundless cosmos.
 [[Category:H. P. Lovecraft stories]]
+[[Category:Cthulhu Mythos stories]]