Randolph · Carter

Randolph Carter falls asleep still reading, still reading the book he'd gotten from that strange man who told odd jokes and thought nothing of giving away books worth hundreds of dollars. He falls asleep, ( and he dreams of walking... )

And that's when he wakes, with a startled gasp.

Well, he thinks blearily to himself, you fall asleep reading something like that and of course you're going to have weird dreams, you idiot.

And then he's falling back asleep -- and by the time he wakes again, to the wailing of his alarm clock, the dream is forgotten.

Got a letter from Richard, the other day. He's... doing well, it seems. In L.A., of all places.

Why didn't I go to L.A.?