H.P. Lovecraft spins this tale of horror about a man researching architecture in the greater Arkham area. Local lore indicates nearby Innsmouth has fascinating architecture, but is shrouded in suspicion and alleged nefarious activity. Acting out of curiousity, the protagonist visits this frightful village...
This short work, though not Lovecraft's finest, is certainly compelling and disconcerting.
Matt
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I propose that after the Treasury Department and the coast guard cracked down on the Esoteric Order of Dagon, and the town of Innsmouth was destroyed, the idealistic vacation community of Little Neck, MA was created as part of a government cover up.
(http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&safe=off&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&hs=IX8&q=little+neck,+ma&um=1&ie=UTF-8&split=0&gl=us&ei=7pmkSavPNsTAnQe_sNGVBQ&sa=X&oi=geocode_result&resnum=1&ct=title)
Exhibit a: Little Neck's location matches that given for Innsmouth, Innsmouth is supposed to be at the mouth of a river, the Manuxet River, its name meaning island in the wide part of the river(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Innsmouth#Manuxet_River), it is near Ipswich, south of
Plum Island, on the coast north of Cape Anne, and south east of the town of Rowley (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Innsmouth#Location).
Exhibit b: this picture claims to show only a few cottages on little neck in the twenties, before the "fictitious" Innsmouth was destroyed by the government, but the picture has obviously been altered (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Little_Neck_Cottages,_Ipswich,_MA.jpg).
Exhibit c: like Innsmouths devils reef, Little Neck has a rock outcropping of its coast, called the deceptively pleasant bass rock,(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bass_Rock_(Ipswich,_Essex_County,_Massachusetts)
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