"The Transition of Zadok Allen" is a short story by American author and Lovecraft scholar Robert M. Price.
Synopsis[]
The recovery of a text written by Robert Olmstead tells the story of how Zadok Allen was not in fact killed by the Deep Ones during the events of "The Shadow Over Innsmouth", but was relieved of his mortal coil and permitted to join them as an immortal being in their sub-aquatic city.
Characters[]
- Unnamed Narrator, son of the fisherman who recovered the message cylinder off the coast of Innsmouth.
- Zadok Allen, a character who provided much of the exposition in "The Shadow Over Innsmouth". Presumed dead prior to the events of this story.
- Robert Olmstead, author of the related text.
- Hiram Gilman, a former human, now transformed into a Deep One.
Publication History[]
- Cthulhu Cultus #1 (1997)
- Fungi #16 (1997)
- The Innsmouth Cycle (1998)
- Blasphemies & Revelations (2008)
Trivia[]
- The text purports to have been written by Robert Olmstead after he fully transformed into a Deep One and claimed his place amongst them. Why he would choose to commit the story to paper and cast it into the ocean in the hopes that it may someday be found and connected to his original writings is not explained.