The Dead and the Moonstruck

"The Dead and the Moonstruck" is a short story by Caitlin R. Kiernan that first appeared in the 2004 collection Gothic! Ten Original Dark Tales. Set like several of Kiernan's stories in the supernatural underworld of Providence, Rhode Island, "The Dead and the Moonstruck" tells the tale of a changeling--a human child raised by ghouls--facing a coming-of-age ordeal.
== Behind the Mythos ==
The title comes from a passage from H. P. Lovecraft's Supernatural Horror in Literature:
== Publication History ==
"The Dead and the Moonstruck" was reprinted in Kiernan's collections To Charles Fort With Love (2005), Two Worlds and In Between: The Best of Caitlin R. Kiernan (2011), and Houses Under the Sea: Mythos Tales (2018).
Category:Caitlin R. Kiernan works
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