Everything you need to understand or teach The Thing That Walked on the Wind by August Derleth.
"The Thing That Walked on the Wind" is one of Derleth's early efforts to give shape and continuity to the Cthulhu Mythos, the term he invented for the mysterious, ominous universe invented by H. P. Lovecraft. The title of the story is itself evocative, hinting of the spectral and eldritch. The story tells of strange events in Manitoba, Canada, where the entire population of Stillwater disappears overnight.
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