The Colour Out of Space

American author H. P. Lovecraft penned the science fiction/horror short tale "The Colour Out of Space" in March 1927. The story is told by an unidentified narrator who fits together the history of a region called the "blasted heath" by the inhabitants. The narrator discovers that a meteorite struck there many years ago and poisoned all the native fauna.Over fifty years earlier, in June 1882, a met...