The Shadow Over Innsmouth

The setting feels so vividly grim and claustrophobic—did Lovecraft draw from real places or entirely from his imagination? I'd love to know what influenced this haunting locale.

The slow unraveling of the town’s dark history made me feel increasingly uneasy, but also kind of fascinated. How did others experience that tension?

His stories often explore outsiders and cosmic horror—does this reflect his own worldview or was it purely fictional world-building?