In the Vault
Inspiration
Inspiration
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"In the Vault" was based on a suggestion made in August 1925 by Charles W. Smith, editor of the amateur journal *[Tryout](/wiki/Tryout "Tryout")*, which Lovecraft recorded in a letter: "an undertaker imprisoned in a village vault where he was removing winter coffins for spring burial, \& his escape by enlarging a [transom](/wiki/Transom_%28architectural%29 "Transom (architectural)") reached by the piling up of the coffins".H. P. Lovecraft, *Selected Letters* Vol. 2, p. 26; cited in Joshi and Schultz, p. 125\. Lovecraft accordingly dedicated the story to Smith.


Are there any other works that explore the theme of imprisonment in a confined space?