In the old town of Stillwater, the undertaker Henry Thorndike is thought to dabble in strange chemistry, and the village half-wit Johnny Dow says things no one wants to hear. When a funeral is held under their eyes, the mourners do not know what they are burying, or who.
A 1937 Weird Tales story largely revised by H. P. Lovecraft, short and grimly effective. Download the free EPUB.