When the Gates open, who can know what Shadowy Threat lurks to pass from the threshold into our world? "And suddenly, as I stood there, with the cool night air caressing my body, I felt enveloped by a rapidly intensifying feeling of depression accompanied by an unbearable despair. At the same time, I felt something unspeakably horrifying and blurry, a black, deadly evil that embraced both the outside and inside of this forest house. It was something so repulsive that it took my breath away, something that permeated everything, emanating from the deepest abysses of the human soul... The sense of evil, terror, and repulsion enveloped the room like a cloud. I felt it flowing from the walls like an invisible mist."
... It is certainly the best of all the "posthumous collaborations" that have been released under the dual signature of Lovecraft-Derleth.