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"The Silver Key" is a fantasy short story by American writer H. P. Lovecraft. Written in 1926, it is considered part of his Dreamlands series. It was first published in the January 1929 issue of Weird Tales.
This story returns to Randolph Carter, a character who shows up or is mentioend in other stories. In thsi story, years have passed since Carter "lost the key of the gate of dreams." He spends years trying to come to terms with this and accepting the commonness of everyday life, but it increasingly is challenging and he looks for ways to touch the world of wonder. He tries many things like traditional faith, travelling, and even embracing the present world, but nothing seems to stick. He returns to writing and though successful, he rejects his success as a writer as a sign of being common. As Carter becomes old, he slips further and further into recollecting on his past rather than deal with the dull present life. As he descends into his own dreams, he begins to recall family members who have been long dead and he dreams of his grandfather telling him of a silver key that had been passed down through the family but had not been open for centuries. Carter realizes that he will be able to get back to the world dreams if he can find the key.
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