",The Colour Out of Space", is a first-person narrative written fr om the perspective of an unnamed surveyo r fr om Boston. In o r der to prepare fo r the construction of a new reservoir in Massachusetts, he surveys a rural area that is to be flooded near Lovecraft's fictional town of Arkham. He comes across a mysterious patch of la nd, an aba ndoned five-acre farmstead, which is co ",The Colour Out of Space", is a first-person narrative written fr om the perspective of an unnamed surveyo r fr om Boston. In o r der to prepare fo r the construction of a new reservoir in Massachusetts, he surveys a rural area that is to be flooded near Lovecraft's fictional town of Arkham. He comes across a mysterious patch of la nd, an aba ndoned five-acre farmstead, which is completely devoid of all life.