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Hypnos is a first-person narrative, written from the perspective of an unnamed character living in Kent and later London, England. The narrator writes that he fears sleep, and is resolved to write his story down lest it drive him further mad, regardless of what people think after reading it. The narrator, a sculptor, recounts meeting a mysterious man in a railway station. The moment the man opened his "immense, sunken, and widely luminous eyes", the narrator knew that the stranger would become his friend-–"the only friend of one who had never possessed a friend before.

Erleben Sie H. P. Lovecrafts fesselnde Erzählung "Hypnos" in neuer Übersetzung, meisterhaft gelesen von Benjamin Werner. In dieser düsteren und mysteriösen Geschichte erkundet Lovecraft die Grenzen zwischen Realität und Traumwelt. Der Protagonist trifft auf eine geheimnisvolle Gestalt, die ihn in eine Welt jenseits des Verstandes führt, wo der Schlaf nicht mehr Zuflucht, sondern Bedrohung bedeutet. Ein Muss für Fans von Lovecrafts meisterhafter Schauerliteratur und düsteren Abenteuern.

"Hypnos." Howard Phillips Lovecraft (1890-1937) is a novelist famous for his horror stories, fantasy and science fiction. Although he was not famous during his lifetime, his work is now considered a classic of literature. Lovecraft's work has influenced many authors, including Stephen King, who considers him "the greatest craftsman of the classic horror story of the 20th century."