Let's see if fifteen year old Lovecraft can outwrite Christopher Paolini; my money is on "yes," but we'll find out.

"Samuel Johnson" is another story I'd never heard of until now, so this will be another blind readthrough. It was published in 1917, in the next fall issue of The United Amateur. Unlike "The Alchemist" this one was written in the months leading up to publication, and was intended for United Amateur from the beginning.

Lovecraft’s first ever published story, featuring crumbling castles, morose noble scions, evil sorcerers, and discount Edgar Allan Poe phrasing.