H.P. Lovecraft: Beyond the Wall of Sleep

Denys Barry is strongly convinced that telepathy is possible and his clinical research at the Oakdale Institute supports his hypothesis. But Barry’s research is jeopardized after he suffers a violent seizure during an experiment in which he seems to sputter “cosmic” nonsense. Soon after Barry discovers that a criminal patient named Joe Slaader was admitted into Oakdale at the same as Barry’s outburst. Barry is convinced his mind somehow tapped into Slaader’s delusion. And he will now skirt theoretical metaphysical laws to try to tap into that criminal’s mind again.

This Lovecraft tale is adapted by award winning comic writer Steven Philip Jones (CALIBER’s Sherlock Holmes, Dracula). Lovecraft is considered one of America’s most innovative and popular American horror writers. The master of the weird tale during the first decades of the 20th Century until his premature death in 1937, Lovecraft’s distinctive style and canon of work has influenced many authors. Jones takes the classic tale and while remaining true to the source, brings them into the modern age which can sometimes make the horror even more terrifying. This tale is illustrated by Octavio Cariello who has worked on DC’s Green Lantern, Black Lightning, Deathstroke, and MARVEL’s X-Men comic series.

In addition to the comic adaptation of the story, the original H.P. Lovecraft story is also included in this publication.