It reminds me of the Moral Orel subplot of the local depressed ‘man-about-town’ trying to join the Satanists only to be disgusted because they are enjoying themselves and imbibing in excess, which means most of them are not the ‘ideal body type’ but seem genuinely happy with themselves.
It reminds me of the Moral Orel subplot of the local depressed ‘man-about-town’ trying to join the Satanists only to be disgusted because they are enjoying themselves and imbibing in excess, which means most of them are not the ‘ideal body type’ but seem genuinely happy with themselves.
Lovecraft wrote a story exactly like this but the satanists were it*lians
Lovecraft knew that swarthy Southern European types were scarier than any eldritch horror