All the while his grandfather, a sorcerer called only Old Whateley, indoctrinates him into certain dark rituals and the study of witchcraft. Locals shun him and his family, and animals fear and despise him due to his repellent appearance and an unnatural, inhuman odor emanating from his body. Strange events surround Wilbur's birth and precocious development he matures at an abnormal rate, reaching manhood within a decade. In the desolate, decrepit Massachusetts village of Dunwich, Wilbur Whateley is the hideous son of Lavinia Whateley, a deformed and unstable albino, and an unknown father. It is considered one of the core stories of the Cthulhu Mythos. It takes place in Dunwich, a fictional town in Massachusetts. Written in 1928, it was first published in the April 1929 issue of Weird Tales (pp. 481–508). " The Dunwich Horror" is a horror novella by American writer H. The issue of Weird Tales in which "The Dunwich Horror" was first published.
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