Lagniappe 57: The Statement of Randolph Carter by H.P. Lovecraft




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Summary: "Everything that I can remember, I have told with perfect candor. ... if anything remains vague, it is only because of the dark cloud which has come over my mind—that cloud and the nebulous nature of the horrors which brought it upon me." The Statement of Randolph Carter (listen or download from link above) Read for us by Will Duquette from The View From the Foothills This story is in the public domain. According to Webster la·gniappe \ˈlan-ˌyap, lan-ˈ\ Function: noun Etymology: American French, from American Spanish la ñapa the lagniappe, from la + ñapa, yapa, from Quechua yapa something added Date: 1844 : a small gift given a customer by a merchant at the time of a purchase; broadly : something given or obtained gratuitously or by way of good measure