Nor the Demons Down Under the Sea (1957)

"Nor the Demons Down Under the Sea (1957)" is a short story by Caitlin R. Kiernan that first appeared in the anthology The Children of Cthulhu (Del Rey, 2002). It is part of Kiernan's Dandridge Cycle, a series of interconnected stories about a mysterious house on the California coast and the strange sacrifice hidden beneath it.
The title is a quotation from Edgar Allan Poe's poem "Annabel Lee," in which the poet refuses to allow death to separate him from the young woman he loves.Poetry Foundation, "Annabel Lee," by Edgar Allan Poe.
==Synopsis==
Dr. Julia Winter, a professor of marine biology, and her grad student and lover Anna Foley travel up the California coast to visit a haunted house. Julia sees glimpses of the house's haunted past.
==Behind the Mythos==
"Nor the Demons Down Under the Sea (1957)" makes mention of the Cthulhu Mythos entities Dagon and Mother Hydra.
==Publication History==
After its initial appearance in The Children of Cthulhu, "Nor the Demons Down Under the Sea" was reprinted in The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror Volume 14 (Carroll & Graf, 2003) and in The Book of Cthulhu II (Night Shade Books, 2012). It also appears in Kiernan's collections To Charles Fort, with Love (Subterranean Press, 2005) and Houses Under the Sea: Mythos Tales (Centipede Press, 2018; Subterranean Press, 2019).Internet Speculative Fiction Database, "Title: Nor the Demons Down Under the Sea."
==References==
Category:Expanded Mythos Works
Category:Caitlin R. Kiernan works
Category:The Dandridge Cycle