Homes and Shrines of Poe

Overview

Miskatonic seal ME-1925-C71/4024 binds this packet; duplicate citations must use slug `homes-and-shrines-of-poe`.

Homes and Shrines of Poe enters the archive under protest from reason and with sponsorship from repeated evidence.

We would delete Homes and Shrines of Poe if deletion worked; instead we classify, cross-link, and warn.

Lovecraft's own prose — when he is the witness — should be read in the /library before this summary is trusted. Posthumous expansion (Derleth, Smith, Campbell, Wilson, and the game industry) enlarged the name without enlarging the proof; we mark those layers explicitly so students do not cite a 1981 module as 1928 fact.

The Library holds primary text; this dossier holds orientation — never the reverse.

Description

Sound, when recorded, has been described as wet leather, glass harmonics, or bees inside a skull; analysts note infrasound may explain some, not all.

Those who survived description speak of surfaces that refuse matte finish — wet, reflective, or oily even in dry rooms.

Scale estimates in the files range from human to architectural, which usually means the observer was not the unit of measure.

Historical Record

A 1931 Miskatonic committee voted to suppress photography; the vote is on file, the plates are not.

Earliest stack mention is a photocopy of a photocopy of Latin marginalia — chain of custody unsuitable for court, sufficient for caution.

Earliest stack mention is a photocopy of a photocopy of Latin marginalia — chain of custody unsuitable for court, sufficient for caution.

Field Observations

Do not engage alone; two witnesses minimum, three preferred if the name was spoken aloud.

Do not engage alone; two witnesses minimum, three preferred if the name was spoken aloud.

Cross-reference before fieldwork; cite slug in all reports; do not bring back souvenirs that pulse.

Archive Notes

Protocol slug `homes-and-shrines-of-poe`. The Library holds primary text; this dossier holds orientation — never the reverse.