[Randolph]

I can't say much that hasn't really been said, but I'd like to add that, as a Lovecraftian character, Brown Jenkin seemed a bit mundane to me. I believe the character was based on a dream of his, and I'm sure what HP was imagining in his head when he wrote it was terrifying, but a rat with a man's head just seemed silly to me and ended up spoiling the mood a bit. The odd sense of detachment I get when reading really good Lovecraft is what attracted me to his work, and this is one of the few stories that fails in that department, unfortunately. That's not to say it's a poor story at all - I really enjoyed reading it - it just doesn't quite live up to his other later work.