Board Thread:Writer's Workshop/@comment-5170510-20191221011957/@comment-5170510-20191228011512

Serpenthrope: It is made to be a journal of a low-level Wermacht soldier named Gerhard Bauman who is assigned to a security role at the remote "weather station." I've made some headway: basically he starts out explaining a bit about his stance in the war, his concerns for his family how he hates the Allies for wiping out 2/3s of his home city of Wilhelmshaven, etc. Being a fresh recruit, he's not a scientist in the least. He's being sent there with some other soldiers and important scientists, and he only gets close to a younger machine gunner and an older vet.

Until the events start to unfold he has no idea what Schatzgraber's purpose really is, he only takes note that the scientists have little to do with meteorology and that the garrison's armament is extensive, as well as the facilities of the base.

At the Mountains is perhaps my favorite story of Lovecraft's, my favorite deranged, xenophobe horror writer since he was one of the first to think outside the box. Strangely, I actually never noticed the parellels but you're right: they're there! I'm not sure whether to capitalize on those similarities in plot line or make it more my own thing: the problem I'm having is maintaining the journal format.