Synopsis
In this short tale, Lovecraft presents a haunting vision of a ruined, post-human world. A Daemon guides a fading Genie through the remnants of an ancient valley, reflecting on the downfall of a once-great civilization now lost to time. As they contemplate silence, decay, and the impermanence of human achievement, the piece becomes a meditation on memory itself—how even the grandest empires eventually vanish into oblivion.
