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The Crawler in the Dark

The Crawler in the Dark

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Overview

A Lovecraftian tale set during Japan’s Meiji era. The story follows Charles T. Wayland, an American writer and adventurer with a taste for the macabre, as he is called to the home of his longtime friend and colleague, Hidekichi, who has found a strange unidentifiable artifact. Hidekichi demonstrates for Charles that the artifact is a window between worlds, allowing them to psychically explore the remotest corners of the universe. But Charles is horrified to learn that Hidekichi is already playing host to another psychic traveler; a malevolent being from a dark world with designs on ruling over mankind.

About The Crawler in the Dark

The Crawler in the Dark is a sci-fi & fantasy, mystery series that first aired in 2015. A Lovecraftian tale set during Japan’s Meiji era. The story follows Charles T. Wayland, an American writer and adventurer with a taste for the macabre, as he is called to the home of his longtime friend and colleague, Hidekichi, who has found a strange unidentifiable artifact. Hidekichi demonstrates for Charles that the artifact is a window between worlds, allowing them to psychically explore the remotest corners of the universe. But Charles is horrified to learn that Hidekichi is already playing host to another psychic traveler; a malevolent being from a dark world with designs on ruling over mankind.

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