I Became A Playwright In Medieval Fantasy

"What? So the protagonist also inherited Deep One blood?”

"And that's why he's returning to the depths of the sea to become a Deep One, answering the call of the devil?"@@novelbin@@

The audience was left shocked by the unexpected and eerie twist that concluded The Shadow Over Innsmouth.

The story of the creepy old fishing village, its fish-like residents, and the fish demons they worshipped successfully drew the audience into the Lovecraftian horror atmosphere.

...Although, most people's reactions were still relatively mild at this point.

"It definitely gave me chills, but it's nothing unbearable."

"Yeah, it’s not all that different from Wanderbühne’s usual performances."

"Heh heh, didn’t I say? This big brother's bravery is unbeatable! Even the great Phantom’s horror play can’t shake me."

The Shadow Over Innsmouth is a mid-length story that relies on a dark, unsettling mood and eerie settings to deliver its horror.

Phantom selected this story as an appetizer of sorts for The Cthulhu Mythos for exactly this reason.

An appetizer is meant to whet the audience’s appetite before the main course. If the audience could grasp the general flow of The Shadow Over Innsmouth, that was enough.

Just like how the danger levels in those "words you must never search for" internet challenges rise gradually, the level of horror delivered to the audience was set to increase step by step.

"Well, what do you think? Was the story of the young man Olmstead and his connection to Innsmouth intriguing to you?"

With the set changing once more, the actor playing Lovecraft reappeared.

"This time, I shall tell you a story of a family destroyed by a strange color from another world. Be warned—it will be scarier than Olmstead’s tale, so prepare yourselves."

The Wanderbühne troupe had always specialized in short plays, so naturally, they excelled in condensed, intense narratives. However, they were not as adept at longer stories.

So Phantom turned this limitation into a strength by structuring The Cthulhu Mythos script as a series of interconnected short plays.

Each of Lovecraft’s many short and medium-length stories were divided into individual acts, creating an anthology-like universe.

Ssssh-!

Following this structure, a new wave of mist rolled in, and the next play, The Colour Out of Space, began.

The story follows a mysterious meteorite that crashes from the sky, and the strange color that emerges from it, leading to the downfall of Nahum Gardner’s farming family.

And from this point on, the audience’s reactions began to diverge.

"Down there… down there, the color is moving, Mother!"