"I was sorting through

all his research one day,

when I found a monstrosity

made out of clay."

Spurred on by his curiosity, Francis learns of many terrible things. The artist who came to his uncle for help. A raid in the Louisiana swamps, led by Inspector Legrasse. The sailor Gustaf Johansen. And, perhaps most importantly, the horrible fate of the Emma.

"The most merciful thing

in the world, I believe,

is humanity's failure

to fully conceive

of the cosmical horrors

we've yet to reveal,

and which up until now

I have tried to conceal"

This 102-page adaption of H.P. Lovecraft's classic story was written and illustrated by R.J. Ivankovic.