The following is the notes for a research work I was going to do
but abandoned for my present project. I am offering these notes for
anyone who wants to pursue this interesting line of inquiry.
NARRATOR BY TYPE
code-x
1/3 - first or third person
k/u - known or unknown narrator
v - a victim of the horror of the story
FIRST PERSON - KNOWN NARRATOR
x1k-: Alchemist, The - Antoine, Count de C-
x1k-: At the Mountains of Madness - Professor Dwyer
x1k-: Imprisoned with the Pharaohs - Harry Houdini
x1kv: In the Walls of Eryx - Kenton J. Stanfield - victim
- epilogue/1st person by Wesley Miller
x1k-: Pickman's Model - Thurber - witnessed horrid creature
x1kv: Rats in the Walls, The - Delapore - victim
x1kv: Shadow Out of Time, The -
x1k-: Statement of Randolph Carter, The - Randolph Carter
x1kv: Temple, The - Karl Heinrich - German submarine captain
- victim
x1k-: Thing on the Doorstep, The - Daniel Upton
x1kv: Tomb, The - Jervas Dudley - victim
x1k-: Unnamable, The - Randolph Carter
x1k-: White Ship, The - Basil Elton the keeper of the North
Point light in Kingsport
x1k-: Whisperer in Darkness, The - Albert N. Wilmarth
FIRST PERSON - UNKNOWN NARRATOR - INVOLVED IN STORY
x1u-: The Beast in the Cave - Unknown - Spelunker
See: Shadow Out of Time___________
x1u-: Beyond the Wall of Sleep - Unknown - hospital intern
x1uv: The Book - Unknown - Alchemist victim of his own formula
x1u-: Crawling Chaos, The - Unknown - Drug-induced dreamer
x1u-: Dagon - Unknown - A supercargo (sailor) who's ship is
sunk in the Pacific by a WWI submarine
x1uv: Evil Clergyman, The - Unknown - Victim becomes the dead
evil clergyman
x1u-: Ex Oblivione - Unknown - A dreamer (on drugs)
x1uv: Festival, The - Unknown - Kingsport descendent returned
for festival
x1u-: From Beyond - Unknown - Best friend of Crawford Tillinghast
x1uv: He - Unknown - New York poet - victim
x1u-: Herbert West-Reanimator - Unknown - assist to Herbert
West
x1uv: Hound, The - Unknown - St. John's partner - victim
x1u-: Hypnos - Unknown - A sculptor in Kent who used drugs
x1u-: Lurking Fear, The - Unknown - a reporter or researcher
x1u-: Moon-Bog, The - Unknown - Friend witnesses main character's
demise
x1u-: Music of Erich Zann, The - Unknown - a student
x1u-: Nameless City, The - Unknown - Non-Arab explorer, see
below
See: - The Descendent - Lord Northam sought the Nameless City in
his youth though it does not say if he found it.
See: - Shadow Out of Time - in 1911, Peaslee did a camel trip into the
desert seeking the city but can't remember what he found.
x1u-: Nathicana - (poem) - Unknown - Dreamer longing for lost
love
x1u-: Nyarlathotep - Unknown - Someone living in horrible
city
See: - Shadow Out of Time - Khephnes of
the 14th Dynasty told Peaslee the hideous truth about Nyarlathotep
See: - Could be Abdul Alhazred himself
x1u-: Outsider, The - Unknown - An Egyptian mummy
x1u-: Picture in the House - Unknown - Genealogist travelling
Massachusetts on bicycle
x1uv: Polaris - Unknown - A dreamer who becomes a resident
of Oltahoe and betrays his kinsmen
x1uv: Shadow Over Innsmouth, The - Unknown - related maternally
to Orne family
x1u-: Shunned House, The - Unknown - nephew of Dr. Elihu Whipple
x1u-: What the Moon Brings - Unknown - Lunaphobic viewer of
sunken idol
FIRST PERSON - UNKNOWN NARRATOR - WITNESS OF STORY
x1u-: Call of Cthulhu, The - Unknown - grandnephew of George
Gammel Angell
x1u-: Colour Out of Space, The - Unknown - Water inspector
- offers final twist
x1u-: Cool Air, The - Unknown - New York lodger
x1uv: Descendant, The - Unknown - Deathbed tale - unfinished
x1u-: In the Vault - Passive storyteller
x1u-: Street, The - Unknown - observer
x1u-: Thing in the Moonlight, The - Unknown - Person, probably
a Providencean, who reads Morgan's note
x1u-: Transition of Juan Romero, The - Unknown - English emigrant
working in U.S. mine
THIRD PERSON STORIES
x3--: Azathoth - Unknown
See: Shadow Out of Time____________
x3--: Case of Charles Dexter Ward, The - 3rd Person
x3--: Cats of Ulthar, The - 3rd Person
x3--: Celephais - 3rd Person
x3--: Doom that Came to Sarnath, The - 3rd Person
x3--: Dreams in the Witch House, The - 3rd Person
x3--: Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath, The - 3rd Person
x3--: Dunwich Horror, The - 3rd Person
x3--: Facts Concerning the Late Arthur Jermyn and his Family
- 3rd Person
x3--: Haunter of the Dark, The - 3rd Person
x3--: Horror at Red Hook, The - 3rd Person
x3--: Memory - 3rd Person
x3--: Other Gods, The - 3rd Person
x3--: Poetry and the Gods - 3rd Person
x3--: Quest of Iranon, The - 3rd Person -
x3--: Silver Key, The - 3rd Person
x3--: Strange High House in the Mist, The - 3rd Person
x3--: Terrible Old Man, The - 3rd Person
x3--: Through the Gates of the Silver Key - 3rd Person
x3--: Tree, The - 3rd Person
NARRATOR SEARCH
code
1/3 - first or third person
k/u - known or unknown narrator
v - a victim of the horror of the story
a-d
x1k-: Alchemist, The - Antoine, Count de C-
x1k-: At the Mountains of Madness - Professor Dwyer
x3--: Azathoth - Unknown
see: Shadow Out of Time____________
x1u-: The Beast in the Cave - Unknown - Spelunker
see: Shadow Out of Time___________
x1u-: Beyond the Wall of Sleep - Unknown - hospital intern
x1uv: The Book - Unknown - Alchemist victim of his own formula
x1u-: Call of Cthulhu, The - Unknown - grandnephew of George
Gammel Angell
x3--: Case of Charles Dexter Ward, The - 3rd Person
x3--: Cats of Ulthar, The - 3rd Person
x3--: Celephais - 3rd Person
poem: Christmas Greeting to Mrs. Phillips Gammwell - 1925. -
(poem) -
x1u-: Colour Out of Space, The - Unknown - Water inspector
x1u-: Cool Air, The - Unknown - New York lodger
x1u-: Crawling Chaos, The - Unknown - Drug-induced dreamer
x1--: Dagon - Unknown - A supercargo (sailor) who's ship is sunk
in the Pacific by a WWI submarine
x1uv: Descendant, The - Unknown - Deathbed tale - unfinished
x3--: Doom that Came to Sarnath, The - 3rd Person
x3--: Dreams in the Witch House, The - 3rd Person
x3--: Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath, The - 3rd Person
x3--: Dunwich Horror, The - 3rd Person
e-h
x1uv: Evil Clergyman, The - Unknown - Victim becomes the dead
evil clergyman
x1u-: Ex Oblivione - Unknown - A dreamer (on drugs)
x3--: Facts Concenring the Late Arthur Jermyn and his Family
- 3rd Person
x1uv: Festival, The - Unknown - Kingsport descendent returned
for festival
x1u-: From Beyond - Unknown - Best friend of Crawford Tillinghast
poem: Fungi From Yuggoth - (poem) -
x3--: Haunter of the Dark, The - 3rd Person
x1uv: He - Unknown - New York poet - victim
x1u-: Herbert West-Reanimator - Unknown - assist to Herbert West
x3--: Horror at Red Hook, The - 3rd Person
x1uv: Hound, The - Unknown - St. John's partner - victim
x1u-: Hypnos - Unknown - A sculptor in Kent who used drugs
i-l
x1k-: Imprisoned with the Pharaohs - Harry Houdini
x1u-: In the Vault - Passive storyteller
x1kv: In the Walls of Eryx - Kenton J. Stanfield - victim - epilogue/1st
person by Wesley Miller
poem: Little Sam Perkins - (poem) -
x1u-: Lurking Fear, The - Unknown - a reporter or researcher
m-p
x3--: Memory - 3rd Person
x1u-: Moon-Bog, The - Unknown - Friend witnesses main character's
demise
x1u-: Music of Erich Zann, The - Unknown - a student
x1u-: Nameless City, The - Unknown - Non-Arab explorer, see below
See: - The Descendent - Lord Northam sought the
Nameless City in his youth though it does not say if he found it.
See: -
Shadow Out of Time - in 1911, Peaslee did a camel trip into the desert
seeking the city but can't remember what he found.
x1u-: Nathicana - (poem) - Unknown - Dreamer longing for lost
love
x1u-: Nyarlathotep - Unknown - Someone living in horrible city
See: - Shadow Out of Time - Khephnes of the 14th Dynasty told
Peaslee the hideous truth about Nyarlathotep
See: - Could be Abdul Alhazred himself
poem: Old Christmas (poem)
x3--: Other Gods, The - 3rd Person
x1u-: Outsider, The - Unknown - An Egyptian mummy
poem: Phaeton - (poem)
x1k-: Pickman's Model - Thurber - witnessed horrid creature
x1u-: Picture in the House - Unknown - Genealogist travelling
Massachusetts on bicycle
x3--: Poetry and the Gods - 3rd Person
poem: Poet's Nightingale, The - (poem) -
x1uv: Polaris - Unknown - A dreamer who becomes a resident of
Oltahoe and betrays his kinsmen
poem: Psychopompos - (poem) -
q-t
x3--: Quest of Iranon, The - 3rd Person -
x1kv: Rats in the Walls, The - Delapore - victim
x1kv: Shadow Out of Time, The -
x1uv: Shadow Over Innsmouth, The - Unknown - related maternally
to Orne family
x1u-: Shunned House, The - Unknown - nephew of Dr. Elihu Whipple
x3--: Silver Key, The - 3rd Person
poem: Sir Thomas Tryout - (poem) -
x1k-: Statement of Randolph Carter, The - Randolph Carter
x3--: Strange High House in the Mist, The - 3rd Person
x1u-: Street, The - Unknown - observer
x1kv: Temple, The - Karl Heinrich - German submarine captain
- victim
x3--: Terrible Old Man, The - 3rd Person
x1u-: Thing in the Moonlight, The - Unknown - Person, Probably
living in Providence, who reads Morgan's note
x1k-: Thing on the Doorstep, The - Daniel Upton
x3--: Through the Gates of the Silver Key - 3rd Person
poem: To Kalrkash-Ton - Lorde of Averoigne - (poem) -
x1kv: Tomb, The - Jervas Dudley - victim
poem: To Miss Sophie Smith - Queen of the Movies - (poem)
poem: To Mr. Finlay upon his drawings form Mr. Bloch's The Faceless
God - (poem) -
x1u-: Transition of Juan Romero, The - Unknown - English emigrant
working in U.S. mine
x3--: Tree, The - 3rd Person
u-z
x1k-: Unnamable, The - Randolph Carter
x1u-: What the Moon Brings - Unknown - Lunaphobic viewer of sunken
idol
poem: Where Poe Once Walked - (poem) -
x1k-: White Ship, The - Basil Elton the keeper of the North Point
light in Kingsport
x1k-: Whisperer in Darkness, The - Albert N. Wilmarth
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