The Statement of Randolph Carter
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Complete, First published Jan 19, 2015
The Statement of Randolph Carter, by H.P. Lovecraft.
This short story was written in December 1919, and was first published in the May 1920 issue (No. 13) of the amateur press journal the Vagrant.
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