The Unspeakable Betrothal

"The Unspeakable Betrothal" is a short story by Robert Bloch that originally appeared in Avon Fantasy Reader No. 9 (1949), edited by Donald A. Wollheim. It tells the story of Avis Long, a girl, and later a woman, obsessed with creatures from her dreams and the round window in her bedroom.
The creatures from Avis's dreams come from Yuggoth, which is described as "not beyond the rim of stars but between it".
==Characters==
* Avis Long: An orphan girl who spends much of her childhood in her bedroom, immersed in fantasy and later in dreams that "poured down from the sky, through the window".
* Marvin Mason: Avis's childhood friend, and later her fiancé. When he is away in the military, Avis's obsession with the creatures from her dreams returns.
* Dr. Clegg: Avis's guardian and family physician.
* Aunt May: Avis's aunt and closest relative, with whom she lives.
* Uncle Roscoe: May's husband; he and May are killed in a "crash at Leedsville".
* Reba: Avis's housekeeper.
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