The Colour Out of Space by H. P. Lovecraft | A Cthulhu Mythos Story

First published in Amazing Stories in 1927, THE COLOUR OUT OF SPACE is one of Lovecraft’s most celebrated works of cosmic horror. Set in the rural hills west of Arkham, Massachusetts, the story is told by a surveyor investigating the site of a planned reservoir. He learns of a strange and tragic event that befell a farm years earlier, after a meteorite crashed nearby.