40:
1306:
234:
260:
1330:
146:
178:
Then one night, the man dreams of the dream-city
Zakarion, in which he finds a yellowed papyrus written by wise dream-sages who exist only within the dream world. The papyrus tells of the gate, with varying accounts of what lies beyond: some of the dream-sages tell of immense wonders, while others
186:
The next night he swallows the drug and returns to the gate which is now ajar, but upon entering, he discovers that indeed both accounts within the papyrus are in a sense true: beyond is the wonderment of forever being free from the pain of the real world and the happy surprise that nothing lies
263:
174:
It is written in first person and tells of the dreams of a presumably dying man. In his dreams, the man is walking through a valley and encounters a vine-covered wall with a locked bronze gate therein. He longs to know what lies beyond the gate.
182:
Despite this lack of unanimity, the man still wishes to see for himself, even knowing that whichever of these is true, there will be no return. Thus he reads further into the papyrus and learns of a drug which will unlock the gate.
1408:
470:
1374:
1240:
1113:
1225:
1134:
1393:
307:
990:
1367:
280:
372:
905:
1235:
680:
463:
213:
158:
suggests that the theme of "Ex
Oblivione"—that nothingness is preferable to life—was derived from Lovecraft's reading the philosopher
1413:
976:
778:
1418:
1360:
435:
1120:
863:
824:
154:
1276:
1403:
732:
428:
407:
300:
694:
327:
238:
1038:
561:
1398:
792:
701:
610:
351:
1290:
969:
617:
540:
491:
799:
785:
739:
484:
1309:
898:
498:
421:
393:
386:
293:
1106:
983:
760:
687:
554:
1230:
1127:
806:
753:
631:
582:
449:
414:
358:
603:
379:
344:
145:
933:
919:
575:
568:
442:
1161:
926:
884:
849:
659:
526:
365:
159:
123:
1245:
1204:
1189:
951:
870:
856:
746:
725:
718:
456:
666:
244:
1220:
1012:
711:
624:
519:
209:
1344:
1199:
912:
891:
877:
842:
638:
596:
512:
166:, "There is nothing better than oblivion, since in oblivion there is no wish unfulfilled."
1043:
316:
248:
130:
43:
31:
1337:
1184:
1156:
1079:
673:
547:
126:
75:
1387:
1048:
253:
162:. Lovecraft expressed similar sentiments in non-fiction work at the time, writing in
1284:
1250:
1194:
1167:
1074:
1033:
645:
533:
477:
1340:
1271:
274:
27:
233:
119:
49:
1151:
589:
1017:
1064:
652:
400:
269:
1329:
1069:
1084:
1007:
1089:
285:
144:
1266:
289:
133:, written in late 1920 or early 1921 and first published in
245:
A collection of public domain H. P. Lovecraft short fiction
1348:
471:
Facts
Concerning the Late Arthur Jermyn and His Family
187:
beyond the gate but the infinite void that is death.
1259:
1213:
1177:
1144:
1098:
1057:
1026:
1000:
961:
943:
834:
816:
770:
336:
104:
96:
86:
81:
71:
63:
55:
37:
21:
254:http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/fiction/eo.asp
137:in March 1921, under the pseudonym Ward Phillips.
1409:Works originally published in American magazines
1114:H. P. Lovecraft: Against the World, Against Life
1368:
301:
8:
1135:Lovecraft: A Look Behind the Cthulhu Mythos
1375:
1361:
308:
294:
286:
1343:(or stories) published in the 1920s is a
991:Autobiography: Some Notes on a Nonentity
16:Short story by H. P. Lovecraft (c. 1920)
204:Joshi, S.T.; Schultz, David E. (2004).
196:
1226:Works influenced by the Cthulhu Mythos
18:
281:Internet Speculative Fiction Database
7:
1326:
1324:
373:A Reminiscence of Dr. Samuel Johnson
906:Through the Gates of the Silver Key
179:tell of horror and disappointment.
1347:. You can help Knowledge (XXG) by
1236:H. P. Lovecraft Historical Society
681:The Strange High House in the Mist
14:
977:Supernatural Horror in Literature
779:The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath
208:. Hippocampus Press. p. 88.
1394:Short stories by H. P. Lovecraft
1328:
1305:
1304:
436:The Statement of Randolph Carter
258:
232:
38:
1121:An H. P. Lovecraft Encyclopedia
825:The Case of Charles Dexter Ward
155:An H. P. Lovecraft Encyclopedia
1278:Lovecraft: Fear of the Unknown
206:An H.P. Lovecraft Encyclopedia
1:
733:The Dreams in the Witch House
429:The Doom That Came to Sarnath
408:The Transition of Juan Romero
864:The Horror at Martin's Beach
793:At the Mountains of Madness
268:public domain audiobook at
1435:
1323:
1291:The Thing in the Moonlight
970:The Cancer of Superstition
1300:
800:The Shadow over Innsmouth
786:The Whisperer in Darkness
740:The Thing on the Doorstep
323:
26:
1414:Horror short story stubs
899:The Horror in the Museum
499:The Picture in the House
387:Beyond the Wall of Sleep
1419:1920s short story stubs
1107:H. P. Lovecraft: A Life
984:To Quebec and the Stars
761:The Haunter of the Dark
688:The Colour Out of Space
562:Herbert West–Reanimator
555:The Music of Erich Zann
1231:H. P. Lovecraft (band)
1128:Lovecraft: A Biography
807:The Shadow Out of Time
632:The Horror at Red Hook
150:
1336:This article about a
604:The Rats in the Walls
345:The Beast in the Cave
279:title listing at the
148:
1404:Horror short stories
934:In the Walls of Eryx
920:The Tree on the Hill
576:What the Moon Brings
443:The Terrible Old Man
1285:Sonia Greene (wife)
1162:Lovecraftian horror
850:Poetry and the Gods
660:The Call of Cthulhu
527:The Quest of Iranon
164:In Defense of Dagon
160:Arthur Schopenhauer
1399:1921 short stories
1246:Lovecraft (crater)
1205:Frank Belknap Long
1190:Clark Ashton Smith
952:Fungi from Yuggoth
871:Under the Pyramids
857:The Crawling Chaos
747:The Evil Clergyman
726:The Dunwich Horror
457:The Cats of Ulthar
151:
135:The United Amateur
91:The United Amateur
1356:
1355:
1318:
1317:
1221:Lovecraft studies
1013:Lovecraft Country
712:The Very Old Folk
625:The Shunned House
520:The Nameless City
237:Works related to
149:Lovecraft in 1922
112:
111:
1426:
1377:
1370:
1363:
1332:
1325:
1308:
1307:
1200:Robert E. Howard
1178:Lovecraft Circle
927:Till A' the Seas
913:Out of the Aeons
878:The Curse of Yig
843:The Green Meadow
597:The Lurking Fear
513:Sweet Ermengarde
310:
303:
296:
287:
262:
261:
236:
220:
219:
201:
105:Publication date
100:Print (magazine)
42:
41:
19:
1434:
1433:
1429:
1428:
1427:
1425:
1424:
1423:
1384:
1383:
1382:
1381:
1321:
1319:
1314:
1296:
1255:
1209:
1173:
1145:Themes/Concepts
1140:
1094:
1053:
1044:Randolph Carter
1022:
996:
957:
939:
830:
812:
766:
702:History of the
667:Pickman's Model
332:
319:
317:H. P. Lovecraft
314:
259:
249:Standard Ebooks
229:
224:
223:
216:
203:
202:
198:
193:
172:
143:
131:H. P. Lovecraft
39:
32:H. P. Lovecraft
17:
12:
11:
5:
1432:
1430:
1422:
1421:
1416:
1411:
1406:
1401:
1396:
1386:
1385:
1380:
1379:
1372:
1365:
1357:
1354:
1353:
1333:
1316:
1315:
1313:
1312:
1301:
1298:
1297:
1295:
1294:
1287:
1282:
1274:
1269:
1263:
1261:
1257:
1256:
1254:
1253:
1251:Cthulhu Macula
1248:
1243:
1238:
1233:
1228:
1223:
1217:
1215:
1211:
1210:
1208:
1207:
1202:
1197:
1192:
1187:
1185:August Derleth
1181:
1179:
1175:
1174:
1172:
1171:
1164:
1159:
1157:Cthulhu Mythos
1154:
1148:
1146:
1142:
1141:
1139:
1138:
1131:
1124:
1117:
1110:
1102:
1100:
1096:
1095:
1093:
1092:
1087:
1082:
1080:Shub-Niggurath
1077:
1072:
1067:
1061:
1059:
1055:
1054:
1052:
1051:
1046:
1041:
1036:
1034:Abdul Alhazred
1030:
1028:
1024:
1023:
1021:
1020:
1015:
1010:
1004:
1002:
998:
997:
995:
994:
987:
980:
973:
965:
963:
959:
958:
956:
955:
947:
945:
941:
940:
938:
937:
930:
923:
916:
909:
902:
895:
888:
881:
874:
867:
860:
853:
846:
838:
836:
835:Collaborations
832:
831:
829:
828:
820:
818:
814:
813:
811:
810:
803:
796:
789:
782:
774:
772:
768:
767:
765:
764:
757:
750:
743:
736:
729:
722:
715:
708:
698:
695:The Descendant
691:
684:
677:
674:The Silver Key
670:
663:
656:
649:
642:
635:
628:
621:
614:
607:
600:
593:
586:
579:
572:
565:
558:
551:
548:The Other Gods
544:
537:
530:
523:
516:
509:
502:
495:
488:
481:
474:
467:
460:
453:
446:
439:
432:
425:
418:
415:The White Ship
411:
404:
397:
390:
383:
376:
369:
362:
355:
348:
340:
338:
334:
333:
331:
330:
324:
321:
320:
315:
313:
312:
305:
298:
290:
284:
283:
272:
256:
251:
242:
228:
227:External links
225:
222:
221:
215:978-0974878911
214:
195:
194:
192:
189:
171:
168:
142:
139:
127:horror fiction
110:
109:
106:
102:
101:
98:
94:
93:
88:
84:
83:
79:
78:
73:
69:
68:
65:
61:
60:
57:
53:
52:
45:Text available
35:
34:
24:
23:
22:"Ex Oblivione"
15:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
1431:
1420:
1417:
1415:
1412:
1410:
1407:
1405:
1402:
1400:
1397:
1395:
1392:
1391:
1389:
1378:
1373:
1371:
1366:
1364:
1359:
1358:
1352:
1350:
1346:
1342:
1339:
1334:
1331:
1327:
1322:
1311:
1303:
1302:
1299:
1293:
1292:
1288:
1286:
1283:
1281:
1280:(documentary)
1279:
1275:
1273:
1270:
1268:
1265:
1264:
1262:
1258:
1252:
1249:
1247:
1244:
1242:
1239:
1237:
1234:
1232:
1229:
1227:
1224:
1222:
1219:
1218:
1216:
1212:
1206:
1203:
1201:
1198:
1196:
1193:
1191:
1188:
1186:
1183:
1182:
1180:
1176:
1170:
1169:
1165:
1163:
1160:
1158:
1155:
1153:
1150:
1149:
1147:
1143:
1137:
1136:
1132:
1130:
1129:
1125:
1123:
1122:
1118:
1116:
1115:
1111:
1109:
1108:
1104:
1103:
1101:
1097:
1091:
1088:
1086:
1083:
1081:
1078:
1076:
1073:
1071:
1068:
1066:
1063:
1062:
1060:
1056:
1050:
1049:Harley Warren
1047:
1045:
1042:
1040:
1037:
1035:
1032:
1031:
1029:
1025:
1019:
1016:
1014:
1011:
1009:
1006:
1005:
1003:
999:
993:
992:
988:
986:
985:
981:
978:
974:
972:
971:
967:
966:
964:
960:
954:
953:
949:
948:
946:
942:
935:
931:
928:
924:
921:
917:
914:
910:
907:
903:
900:
896:
893:
892:Medusa's Coil
889:
887:
886:
882:
879:
875:
872:
868:
865:
861:
858:
854:
851:
847:
844:
840:
839:
837:
833:
827:
826:
822:
821:
819:
815:
809:
808:
804:
802:
801:
797:
795:
794:
790:
788:
787:
783:
781:
780:
776:
775:
773:
769:
762:
758:
755:
751:
748:
744:
741:
737:
734:
730:
727:
723:
720:
716:
713:
709:
706:
705:
699:
696:
692:
689:
685:
682:
678:
675:
671:
668:
664:
661:
657:
654:
650:
647:
643:
640:
636:
633:
629:
626:
622:
619:
615:
612:
611:The Unnamable
608:
605:
601:
598:
594:
591:
587:
584:
580:
577:
573:
570:
566:
563:
559:
556:
552:
549:
545:
542:
538:
535:
531:
528:
524:
521:
517:
514:
510:
507:
503:
500:
496:
493:
489:
486:
482:
479:
475:
472:
468:
465:
461:
458:
454:
451:
447:
444:
440:
437:
433:
430:
426:
423:
419:
416:
412:
409:
405:
402:
398:
395:
391:
388:
384:
381:
377:
374:
370:
367:
363:
360:
356:
353:
352:The Alchemist
349:
346:
342:
341:
339:
337:Short stories
335:
329:
326:
325:
322:
318:
311:
306:
304:
299:
297:
292:
291:
288:
282:
278:
277:
273:
271:
267:
266:
257:
255:
252:
250:
246:
243:
241:at Wikisource
240:
235:
231:
230:
226:
217:
211:
207:
200:
197:
190:
188:
184:
180:
176:
169:
167:
165:
161:
157:
156:
147:
140:
138:
136:
132:
128:
125:
121:
117:
107:
103:
99:
95:
92:
89:
85:
80:
77:
74:
70:
66:
62:
59:United States
58:
54:
51:
47:
46:
36:
33:
29:
25:
20:
1349:expanding it
1335:
1320:
1289:
1277:
1195:Robert Bloch
1168:Necronomicon
1166:
1133:
1126:
1119:
1112:
1105:
1075:Nyarlathotep
1039:Herbert West
989:
982:
968:
950:
883:
823:
805:
798:
791:
784:
777:
704:Necronomicon
703:
646:In the Vault
618:The Festival
541:The Outsider
534:The Moon-Bog
506:Ex Oblivione
505:
492:Nyarlathotep
328:Bibliography
276:Ex Oblivione
275:
265:Ex Oblivione
264:
239:Ex Oblivione
205:
199:
185:
181:
177:
173:
163:
153:
152:
134:
116:Ex Oblivione
115:
113:
90:
87:Published in
44:
1341:short story
1272:Dream Cycle
1241:Adaptations
1099:Books about
485:From Beyond
141:Inspiration
82:Publication
28:Short story
1388:Categories
1027:Characters
464:The Temple
422:The Street
191:References
120:prose poem
108:March 1921
97:Media type
50:Wikisource
1152:Cosmicism
1001:Locations
885:The Mound
590:The Hound
478:CelephaĂŻs
1310:Category
1065:Azathoth
771:Novellas
754:The Book
653:Cool Air
583:Azathoth
450:The Tree
401:Old Bugs
359:The Tomb
270:LibriVox
170:Synopsis
124:American
72:Genre(s)
64:Language
1260:Related
1070:Cthulhu
1058:Deities
380:Polaris
129:writer
118:" is a
67:English
56:Country
1338:horror
1214:Legacy
1085:Hastur
1018:R'lyeh
1008:Arkham
962:Essays
944:Poetry
817:Novels
569:Hypnos
394:Memory
212:
76:Horror
1090:Dagon
366:Dagon
1345:stub
1267:Aklo
719:Ibid
210:ISBN
247:at
122:by
48:at
30:by
1390::
639:He
1376:e
1369:t
1362:v
1351:.
979:"
975:"
936:"
932:"
929:"
925:"
922:"
918:"
915:"
911:"
908:"
904:"
901:"
897:"
894:"
890:"
880:"
876:"
873:"
869:"
866:"
862:"
859:"
855:"
852:"
848:"
845:"
841:"
763:"
759:"
756:"
752:"
749:"
745:"
742:"
738:"
735:"
731:"
728:"
724:"
721:"
717:"
714:"
710:"
707:"
700:"
697:"
693:"
690:"
686:"
683:"
679:"
676:"
672:"
669:"
665:"
662:"
658:"
655:"
651:"
648:"
644:"
641:"
637:"
634:"
630:"
627:"
623:"
620:"
616:"
613:"
609:"
606:"
602:"
599:"
595:"
592:"
588:"
585:"
581:"
578:"
574:"
571:"
567:"
564:"
560:"
557:"
553:"
550:"
546:"
543:"
539:"
536:"
532:"
529:"
525:"
522:"
518:"
515:"
511:"
508:"
504:"
501:"
497:"
494:"
490:"
487:"
483:"
480:"
476:"
473:"
469:"
466:"
462:"
459:"
455:"
452:"
448:"
445:"
441:"
438:"
434:"
431:"
427:"
424:"
420:"
417:"
413:"
410:"
406:"
403:"
399:"
396:"
392:"
389:"
385:"
382:"
378:"
375:"
371:"
368:"
364:"
361:"
357:"
354:"
350:"
347:"
343:"
309:e
302:t
295:v
218:.
114:"
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
