This collection is devoted to authors whose work had an impact on Lovecraft—Alexander Pope, Jonathan Swift, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Edgar Allan Poe, and Lord Dunsany—and those who drew inspiration from him, including William S. Burroughs, ...
The epigraph to the story is the second stanza of Lovecraft's 1917 poem "Nemesis".The story is a sequel to "The Shambler from the Stars", by Robert Bloch.
"The Complete Works of H. P. Lovecraft Volume 2: 32 Lovecraft Collaborations and Ghost Writings" includes all the collaborations and ghost writings of H. P Lovecraft.