It is noted that "much of the physical description of the Dunwich countryside is a faithful sketch of Wilbraham:" ( EXP: The Dunwich Horror and Others)ĭunwich is "a vague echo of the decadent Massachusetts countryside around Springfield - say Wilbraham, Monson and Hampden." ( HPL: Selected Letters 3.508) One such legend is the notion that whippoorwills can capture the departing soul. ( HPL: letter to August Derleth, August 4, 1928, EXP: The Dunwich Horror and Others) The action "takes place amongst the wild domed hills of the upper Miskatonic Valley, far northwest of Arkham, and is based on several old New England legends - one of which I heard only last month during my sojourn in Wilbraham," a town east of Springfield.
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