FUNGI FROM YUGGOTH Willie Reeves, 45, pulp author/former pugilist (Nathan) Martin Richardson, 33, cartographer (Tom) Elliott Hutchins, 26, antiquarian (Paul) Gabriel Thomas, 23, artist (Joseph) Ricky Steele, 22, polo athlete (Ivan) 1. The Dreamer Thursday, April 5, 1928 The investigators visit Irene LeMond in Buffalo about the disappearance of her son, Paul LeMond, a famous New York spiritualist. She explains that when Paul was 17 he suffered from a series of nightmares that left him hospitalized with partial amnesia. During his hospital stay he underwent a personality change and befriended a fellow patient named Clarence Rodgers. After his discharge Paul undertook a series of mysterious trips with Rodgers that lasted eight years. Following this he returned home only to suffer more nightmares and a bout of amnesia that erased his memory of the past eight years. As he recovered, his found his new psychic talent. Eventually he was contacted by a NYC talent promoter named Herbert Whitefie