H.P. Lovecraft 
The Silver Key 

’The Silver Key’ is a short story written by H. P. Lovecraft in 1926, considered part of his Dreamlands series. ’The Silver Key’ is thought to have been inspired in part by Lovecraft’s visit to Foster, Rhode Island, where his maternal ancestors lived. The character Benijah Corey from the story seems to combine the names of Emma Corey Phillips, one of Lovecraft’s relatives, and Benejah Place, a farmer who lived across the street from the home where Lovecraft stayed.