The Shadow Out of Time is a novella by American horror fiction writer H. P. Lovecraft. Written between November 1934 and February 1935, it was first published in the June 1936 issue of Astounding Stories. The story describes time and space travel by mind transfer. The premise is that a person in a given place and time can switch bodies with someone who is elsewhere or elsewhen. Other writers have re-used this concept in later works, such as drinking tea from Red Forest leaves in the television series 12 Monkeys and long-range communication stones in the Stargate SG-1 television series. As with other Lovecraftian works, this story features otherworldy alien beings that are not simply variations on humans or other familiar terrestrial animals.

The Shadow Out of Time

The Shadow over Innsmouth is a horror novella by American author H. P. Lovecraft, written in November–December 1931. It forms part of the Cthulhu Mythos, using its motif of a malign undersea civilization, and references several shared elements of the Mythos, including place-names, mythical creatures, and invocations. The Shadow over Innsmouth is the only Lovecraft story that was published in book form during his lifetime. The narrator is a student conducting an antiquarian tour of New England. He travels through the nearby decrepit seaport of Innsmouth which is suggested as a cheaper and potentially interesting next leg of his journey. There he interacts with strange people and observes disturbing events that ultimately lead to horrifying and personal revelations.

The Shadow Over Innsmouth

"The Shunned House" is a horror fiction novelette by American author H. P. Lovecraft, written on October 16–19, 1924. It was first published in the October 1937 issue of Weird Tales. The Shunned House of the title is based on an actual house in Providence, Rhode Island, built around 1763 and still standing at 135 Benefit Street. Lovecraft was familiar with the house because his aunt Lillian Clark lived there in 1919/20 as a companion to Mrs. H. C. Babbit. However, it was another house in Elizabeth, New Jersey that actually compelled Lovecraft to write the story. As he wrote in a letter: On the northeast corner of Bridge Street and Elizabeth Avenue is a terrible old house—a hellish place where night-black deeds must have been done in the early seventeen-hundreds—with a blackish unpainted surface, unnaturally steep roof, and an outside flight of stairs leading to the second story, suffocatingly embowered in a tangle of ivy so dense that one cannot but imagine it accursed or corpse-fed. It reminded me of the Babbit House in Benefit Street…. Later its image came up again with renewed vividness, finally causing me to write a new horror story with its scene in Providence and with the Babbit House as its basis.

The Shunned House

Die Aussage des Randolph Carter oder Randolph Carters Aussage (Originaltitel: The Statement of Randolph Carter) ist der Titel einer phantastischen Horrorgeschichte des amerikanischen Schriftstellers H. P. Lovecraft, die im Dezember 1919 geschrieben und im Mai des folgenden Jahres im Amateurmagazin The Vagrant gedruckt wurde. 1925 erschien sie in der Zeitschrift Weird Tales und wurde 1939 in den Sammelband The Outsider and Others aufgenommen, mit dem die Geschichte des Verlags Arkham House begann. In seiner Kurzgeschichte schildert Lovecraft ein traumatisches Erlebnis der Figur Randolph Carter auf einem Friedhof. Mit Carter führte er einen Charakter ein, der autobiographische Züge trägt und den er später in weiteren Erzählungen auftreten ließ.

Die Werke von H. P. Lovecraft

Die Aussage des Randolph Carter (Die Werke von H. P. Lovecraft, Folge 10)

Dagon ist eine Kurzgeschichte von H. P. Lovecraft aus dem Jahr 1917 und damit eines seiner ersten Werke als Erwachsener. Veröffentlicht wurde die Geschichte erstmals 1919 in der Novemberausgabe von The Vagrant, einer Amateurpresse-Zeitschrift der damaligen Zeit, die von W. Paul Cook herausgegeben wurde. Lovecraft wurde nach eigenen Worten durch einen Traum zu dieser Geschichte inspiriert. Die Kurzgeschichte ist als Testament eines morphiumabhängigen Mannes angelegt, der vor seinem Selbstmord von einem grauenhaften Erlebnis erzählt, durch das er seine geistige Gesundheit verlor und drogenabhängig wurde.

Dagon

Der böse Geistliche ist eine Kurzgeschichte von H. P. Lovecraft, die erstmals 1939 veröffentlicht worden ist. In ihrem Mittelpunkt steht ein bösartig aussehender Geistlicher, der auf einem Dachboden in einem englischen Dorf wohnte. Ein Mann führt den Erzähler auf den Dachboden eines Hauses in einem englischen Dorf und deutet dabei vage an, dass hier einst jemand Grässliches gelebt haben soll. Auf einem Tisch liegt ein kleiner Gegenstand, der jener Person gehört haben soll, und der Mann warnt den Erzähler eindringlich, diesen nicht anzurühren und sich nicht nach Anbruch der Dunkelheit hier aufzuhalten. Dann verlässt er ihn.

Der böse Geistliche (Die Werke von H. P. Lovecraft, Folge 60)

In der Gruft ist eine Kurzgeschichte von H. P. Lovecraft, die im März 1922 erstmals veröffentlicht worden ist. Im Mittelpunkt steht eine alte Gruft, zu der sich der Erzähler seltsam verbunden fühlt. Der Ich-Erzähler Jervas Dudley ist der Sohn einer reichen Familie und wächst in seinem Familiensitz nahe eines Dorfes mit seinen Eltern und Dienern auf. Seine Jugend verbringt er einsam mit dem Studieren alter Bücher und der Erkundung der umgebenden Wälder.

In der Gruft (Die Werke von H. P. Lovecraft, Folge 40)

Nyarlathotep heißt eine Kurzgeschichte von H. P. Lovecraft, die im Jahr 1920 erstmals veröffentlicht worden ist. Sie handelt von Nyarlathoteps Ankunft, seinen Vorführungen und deren Auswirkungen auf die Zuschauer. Zum Zeitpunkt der Handlung herrschen politische und soziale Unruhen, eine Hitzewelle überdauert den Herbst und allgemein liegt eine nicht greifbare Bedrohung in der Luft.

Nyarlathotep (Die Werke von H. P. Lovecraft, Folge 19)

L'orrore di Dunwich è un racconto di H. P. Lovecraft. Scritto nell'estate del 1928 e pubblicato su 'Weird Tales' la primavera dell'anno seguente, è uno dei racconti che compongono il Ciclo di Cthulhu, il ciclo letterario che costituisce il cuore della produzione lovecraftiana. La vicenda è ambientata a Dunwich, isolata, decadente e immaginaria cittadina del Massachusetts, nella quale nasce Wilbur Whateley. Il bambino, orrendo e ferino nell'aspetto, cresce con straordinaria velocità; ma questa non è l'unica stranezza che lo accompagna. Bestiame che sparisce nel nulla, strani lavori all'interno della casa, antichi libri di oscura stregoneria, inquietanti e spaventosi rumori che raggiungono l'intera cittadina: questo è solo il prologo dell'orrore, proveniente da dimensioni sconosciute, che si manifesterà a Dunwich. La lettura di questa storia, intrisa di horror 'cosmico' e fantascienza, è dell'attore Massimo D'Onofrio. (Immagine di copertina per gentile concessione di Rob Torno - robtorno/wordpress.com)

Emozioni senza tempo

L'orrore di Dunwich

The Dunwich Horror is the story of Wilbur Whateley, son of a deformed albino mother and an unknown father, and the strange events surrounding his birth and precocious development. Wilbur matures at an abnormal rate, reaching manhood within a decade--all the while indoctrinated him into dark rituals and witchcraft by his grandfather. Lurking in the quiet village of Dunwich, a supernatural horror lies in wait in this classic tale of horror by H.P. Lovecraft. When a cute college coed and her professor visit the library at the infamous Miskatonic University, they discover a young man who wishes to check out the dreaded Necronomicon. An ancient book for divining demons, the Necronomicon allows its user to bring hell to Earth, and human sacrifice is the required offering.

Horror Collection

The Dunwich Horror

"The Dunwich Horror" is a short story by H. P. Lovecraft. Written in 1928, it was first published in the April 1929 issue of Weird Tales (pp. 481–508). It takes place in Dunwich, a fictional town in Massachusetts. "The Dunwich Horror" is one of the few tales Lovecraft wrote wherein the heroes successfully defeat the antagonistic entity or monster of the story. Howard Phillips Lovecraft (August 20, 1890 – March 15, 1937) was an American author who achieved posthumous fame through his influential works of horror fiction.

"The Tomb" is a fictional short story by American writer H. P. Lovecraft, written in June 1917 and first published in the March 1922 issue of The Vagrant. It tells the story of Jervas Dudley, who becomes obsessed with a mausoleum near his childhood home. "The Tomb" tells of Jervas Dudley, a confessed daydreamer. While still a child, he discovers the padlocked entrance to a mausoleum belonging to the Hyde family, whose nearby mansion had burnt down many years previously. Jervas attempts to break the padlock, but is unable to. Dispirited, he takes to sleeping beside the tomb. Eventually, inspired by reading Plutarch's Lives, Dudley decides to patiently wait until it is his time to gain entrance to the tomb.

The Tomb

"The Terrible Old Man" is a very short short story (less than 1200 words) by H. P. Lovecraft, written on January 28, 1920, and first published in the Tryout, an amateur press publication, in July 1921. It is notable as the first story to make use of Lovecraft's imaginary New England setting, introducing the fictional town of Kingsport. A strange old man, "so old that no one can remember when he was young, and so taciturn that few know his real name," lives alone in an ancient house on Water Street in the town of Kingsport. Even among the locals, few know the details of the old man's life, but it is believed that he once captained East Indian clipper ships in his youth and accumulated great riches throughout his life. Those who had visited the property had seen bizarre collections of stones in the front yard and observed the old man carrying on conversations with mysterious bottles on his table, which make "certain definite vibrations as if in answer." Most locals take care to avoid the man and his house.

The Terrible Old Man

"The Tree" is a macabre short story by American horror fiction writer H. P. Lovecraft. It was written in 1920, and published in October 1921 in The Tryout. Set in ancient Greece, the story concerns two sculptors who accept a commission with ironic consequences. Lovecraft wrote "The Tree" early in his career. He was dismissive of the story in a 1936 letter. Such stories, he said, "if typed on good stock make excellent shelf-paper, but little else." The assessment of Lovecraft authority S. T. Joshi was that although the story "may be a trifle obvious… it is an effective display of Lovecraft's skill in handling a historical setting."

The Tree

"The White Ship" is a horror short story by American writer H. P. Lovecraft. It was first published in The United Amateur (Volume 19), November 1919, and later appeared in the March 1927 issue of Weird Tales. Basil Elton, a lighthouse keeper, engages in a peculiar fantasy in which a bearded man in robes is piloting a mystical white ship which appears when the moon is full. Elton walks across the water on a bridge of moonbeams, joins the bearded man on the ship, and together they explore a mystical chain of islands unlike anything that can be found on Earth.

The White Ship

Beyond the Wall of Sleep" is a science fiction short story by American writer H. P. Lovecraft, written in 1919 and first published in the amateur publication Pine Cones in October 1919. A former intern and a worker of a mental hospital relates his experience with Joe Slater, an inmate who died at the facility a few weeks after being confined as a criminally insane murderer. He describes Slater as a "typical denizen of the Catskill Mountain region, who corresponds exactly with the 'white trash' of the South", for whom "laws and morals are nonexistent" and whose "general mental status is probably below that of any other native American people".

Beyond the Wall of Sleep

"Dagon" is a short story by American author H. P. Lovecraft, written in July 1917, one of the first stories he wrote as an adult. It was first published in the November 1919 edition of The Vagrant (issue #11). Dagon was later published in Weird Tales and is considered by many to be one of Lovecraft's most forward looking stories.

"The Temple" is a short story written by H. P. Lovecraft in 1920, and first published in the pulp magazine Weird Tales #24 in September 1925. The story is narrated as a "found manuscript" penned by Karl Heinrich, Graf von Altberg-Ehrenstein, a lieutenant-commander in the Imperial German Navy during the days of World War I. Altberg begins by declaring that he has decided to document the events leading up to his untimely end in order to "set certain facts" before the public, aware that he will not survive to do so himself.

The Temple

"Memory" is a flash fiction short story by American horror and science fiction writer H. P. Lovecraft, written in 1919 and published in May 1923 in The National Amateur. ""Memory"" uses many of Lovecraft's common images and ideas, such as relics of the deep past and things ""without name"". Also, his fondness for vast, monolithic ruins (a favourite with many other Cthulhu and horror writers) is evident in the intricate description found in this page-long story."

Memory

"Polaris" is a fantasy short story by American author H. P. Lovecraft, written in 1918 and first published in the December 1920 issue of the amateur journal The Philosopher. It is the story that introduces Lovecraft's fictional Pnakotic Manuscripts, the first of his arcane tomes. In the story, an unnamed narrator describes his nightly obsession with the Pole star, and his recurring dreams of a city under siege. The narrator struggles with determining whether his reality is real, or if his dream is the true reality. Critics have noted autobiographical elements in the story, and have connected it with Lovecraft's experiences of uselessness during World War I.

Polaris

Den gamle mand bor alene i et jordslået og faldefærdigt hus på Ship Street i Kingsport. Alle i byen, dyr og mennesker, undgår ham, om end han er så gammel, at han næppe kan udgøre nogen trussel. Man der er noget skræmmende ved ham. Flaskerne, han fører lange samtaler med og de uhyggelige malede sten foran hans hus. Der går også rygter om, at han er i besiddelse af en stor guldskat, og dette rygte er ulykkeligvis kommet tre skumle personer for øre... "Den frygtelige gamle mand" (original eng titel "The Terrible Old Man") blev skrevet 28. januar 1920 og udgivet første gang i The Tryout for juli 1921.

H. P. Lovecrafts kornologiske værker

Den frygtelige gamle mand

En enfoldig og indavlet bjergboer fra Catskillbjergene myrder i en dæmonisk blodrus to af sine fæller. Han fanges og føres til et hjem for psykopater, idet man mener, at han lider af en alvorlig psykisk lidelse. Mens alle læger og psykologer leder efter en foklaring i han sind, er der en enkelt ansat, som overvejer muligheden for, om ikke årsagen snarere skal findes i mandens natlige drømme. Dette er hans dagbog...

H. P. Lovecrafts kronologiske værker

Bag søvnens mure

"...Man kaldte ham Gamle Tosse, og blandt alle de depraverede eksistenser, der hang rundt om i lokalet, var han langt den mest lurvede person af dem alle. Mange spekulerede på, hvad han engang havde været; for når hans fuldskab havde nået et vist niveau, gav hans sprog og måden, han formulerede sig på, anledning til dyb undren blandt dem, der lyttede til ham. Hvad han var nu var blevet til, var derimod ikke nær så vanskeligt at afgøre – for Gamle Tosse var på alle måder indbegrebet af den type mennesker, som gik under betegnelsen ’en bums’ eller en ’subsistensløs’."

H. P. Lovecrafts kronologiske værker nr. 7

Gamle Tosse

"Jeg har fortalt, at jeg levede adskilt fra den synlige verden, men jeg har ikke sagt, at jeg levede alene. Intet menneske kan leve i total ensomhed. I mangel af fællesskab med de levende, vil han uundgåeligt søge fællesskab med eksistenser, der ikke hører til den fysiske verden, eller hvis livscyklus for længst er tilendebragt." - Jervas Dudley Denne novelle er forfattet i juni 1917 af H. P. Lovecraft og udgivet første gang i 1922 i marts-nummeret af The Vagrant.

H.P. Lovecrafts kronologiske værker

Graven

"Polaris lyser ind gennem mit nordvendte vindue med et uhyggeligt skær. Gennem hver eneste infernalske nattetime, lyser den forbandede stjerne op i det tætte, trygge mørke. Om efteråret, når nordenvindene hyler og skriger, og træerne ude i sumpen lader deres gyldne løv hviske unævnelige ting til hverandre i de tidlige morgentimer under den aftagende månes horn, så sidder jeg i vindueskarmen og betragter den kolde stjerne..." 'Polaris' var det eneste værk H.P. Lovecraft skrev dette år (1918) og novellen blev udgivet første gang i 1920 i december-nummeret af The Philosopher.

Han har levet et langt og begivenhedsrigt liv. Han har færdedes i prominente kredse, mellem baroner og kongelige. Men tiden går. Dem han holdt af er for længst døde. Nu lever han på minderne fra en svunden tid, en tid han aldrig burde have oplevet. Alene med sine minder, sætter han sig ved sit skrivebord, griber pennen og nedskriver sine.... 'Erindringer om Dr. Samuel Johnson'. Denne novelle af H.P. Lovecraft er meget forskellig fra hans mere kendte værker. Der er ingen gys, ingen horror og kun et svagt anstrøg af noget overnaturligt. Ikke desto mindre bør 'Erindringer om Dr. Samuel Johnson' medtages, såfremt kronologien i hans samlede værker skal bevares. Lovecraft skrev denne novelle, som et selvironisk svar til de kritikere, som hævdede at hans sprog var gammeldags og umoderne. Af samme grund valgte Lovecraft en skrivestil og et sprog, der førte læseren tilbage til 1700-tallets England. Det har været en udfordring ud over det normale, at oversætte denne novelle til dansk (hvilket måske er en af grundene til, at det ikke er blevet gjort før nu). Vi har forsøgt at føre vores danske læsere tilbage i tiden ved at genindføre aa i stedet for å og skrive alle navneord med stort begyndelsesbogstav. Vi har dog valgt at bibeholde den moderne stavemåde, da vi ellers frygtede for, at novellen ville blive ulæselig. HN Publishing er stolet over at kunne præsentere resultatet for vores læsere, og vi håber at vores udelte begejstring også vil smitte bare en lille smule af på jer. 'Erindringer om Dr. Samuel Johnson' er det sidste værk H.P. Lovecraft færdiggjorde i 1917. Sammen med 'Graven' og 'Dagon', udgør disse tre noveller Lovecraft's samlede værker fra 1917.

Erindringer om Dr. Samuel Johnson

Horrorforfatteren H. P. Lovecraft er kendt for sine lange og komplicerede sætninger. Uden for den snævre gruppe af fans, er der ikke mange, der anerkender ham for hans evner til at formidler stemninger og billeder gennem er smukt og varieret sprog. ’Erindring’ er hans eneste flash-fiction novelle og skønt den ikke er på mere end 372 ord, giver Lovecraft en overlegen demonstration af sin evne til at beherske sproget. Denne novelle er pligtlæsning for alle som elsker et smukt sprog. "Erindring" (eng. titel: "Memory") blev skrevet i foråret 1919 og novellen blev første gang udgivet i 1923 i The National Armateurs maj-nummer.

Erindring

Efter en voldsom sprængning i en minegang under Kaktus-bjergene, afdækkes en ejendommelig bundløs skakt, hvis tilstedeværelse spreder frygt blandt minearbejderne. Natten derpå driver ukendte kræfter to minearbejdere ned i den mennesketomme mines mørklagte gange, hvor en underjordisk rædsel åbenbares for dem i al sin gru. BAGGRUNDSOPLYSNIGER: 'The Transition of Juan Romero', der på dansk har fået titlen 'Juan Romeros forvandling', var egentlig tænkt som en illustrativ skriveøvelse, der var forbeholde en lukket kreds. Novellen blev skrevet på mindre end en dag, den 16. november 1919. Det var Lovecrafts hensigt at demonstrere, hvilke muligheder, der lå i et ørkensceneri, der tidligere var blevet brugt i en novelle af professor Philip Bayaud McDonald, som Lovecraft beskrev som "...en kedelig fortælling". Lovecraft tillod ikke at novellen blev publiceret i sin levetid, og i de fleste oversigter over hans samlede værker, er den da også udeladt. Det lader ikke til at han tillod nogen at læse novellen før kort før sin død, hvor Robert H. Barlow tiggede Lovecraft om at sende ham manuskriptet, så han kunne renskrive det. 'The Transition of Juan Romero' blev første gang offentliggjort af Arkham House i 1944 da de udgav novellesamlingen Marginalia.

Juan Romeros forvandling

"Der findes mennesker, som mener, at ting og steder besidder en sjæl, og så der er dem, der afviser den tanke kategorisk. Jeg tillader mig ikke at tage stilling til disse spekulationer, men lad mig dog alligevel berette om Gaden." "Gaden", som er H. P. Lovecrafts tolvte kommercielle novelle, blev skrevet december 1919 og udgivet første gang i december 1920 i Wolverine amateur journal.

Gaden

"Træet" er en makaber novelle af den amerikanske horrorforfatter H. P. Lovecraft. Den blev forfattet i 1920 og publiceret i oktober 1921 i "The Tryout". Fortællingen foregår i det antikke Grækenland og centrerer om to skulptører, som accepterer et skæbnesvangert bestillingsarbejde, med fatale konsekvenser til følge.

Træet

Det hvide skib (eng. titel: The White Ship) er en horror/fantasy-historie, der er skrevet af H. P. Lovecraft. Novellen blev første gang udgivet i The United Amateur (Volume 19) #2 i november 1919. Novellen blev genudgivet i Weird Tales fra marts 1927. Basil Elton, fyrpasseren på Norton-fyret, inddrages i en ejendommelig fantasi, i hvilken en skægget mand, klædt i en kutte, kommer sejlende med et mystisk hvidt skib, hver gang månen er fuld. Basil Elton vandrer ombord på skibet på en bro af månestråler for at følge den skæggede mand på hans sejlads, og sammen drager de af sted for at udforske en mystisk øgruppe, der er anderledes and nogen anden, man ellers kan finde i hele verden...

Det hvide skib

"Randolph Carters erklæring" af H. P. Lovecraft er nummer elleve i rækken af HN Publishings Lovecraft-udgivelser. Novellen blev første gang udgivet i The Vagrant i maj 1920. Den fortæller historien om en traumatiserende begivenhed i Randolph Carters liv, en hovedperson, der studerede det okkulte og som sporadisk refererer til Lovecraft selv. Det er den første historie, hvor Carter optræder. Elementer af "Randolph Carters erklæring" er siden blevet indføjet i horror-filmen "The unnamable II: The statement of Randolph Carter" fra 1992, som blev instrueret af Jean-Paul Ouellette.

Randolph Carters erklæring

En sømand, på flugt fra sine fangevogtere, strander på en ukendt ø. Frygten for at blive fanget blegner i sammenligning med den rædsel, han oplever, da han uforvarende afdækker en hemmelighed, der har været skjult i æoner på havets bund, men som nu tvinger ham til at stå ansigt til ansigt med... Dagon. Baggrundsmusikken er komponeret af Daniel Simon.

"Sandheden vedrørende den afdøde Arthur Jermyn og hans familie" er en novelle i den fiktive horrorgenre. Den er skrevet af den amerikanske forfatter H. P. Lovecraft i 1920. Temaet i historien centrerer om adelsmanden, Sir Arthur Jermyn, som søger at give sin slægt oprejsning, efter at slægtsnavnet er blevet tilsmudset og vanæret gennem generationer. Under Sir Arthur Jermyns forsøg på at afdække sine forfædres hemmeligheder, afsløres skæbnesvangre detaljer, som aldrig burde have været kommet til hans kundskab.

Sandheden vedrørende den afdøde Arthur Jermyn og hans familie

The Work of H. P. Lovecraft

The Tree (The Work of H. P. Lovecraft, Episode 12)

Dagon by H. P. Lovecraft Audiobook is a short story by American author H. P. Lovecraft. It was written in July 1917 and is one of the first stories that Lovecraft wrote as an adult. It was first published in the November 1919 edition of The Vagrant (issue #11). Dagon was later published in Weird Tales in October 1923. It is considered by many to be one of Lovecraft's most forward-looking stories. Plot: The story is the testament of a tortured, morphine-addicted man who relates an incident that occurred during his service as an officer during World War I. In the unnamed narrator's account, his cargo ship is captured by an Imperial German sea-raider in "one of the most open and least frequented parts of the broad Pacific".He escapes on a lifeboat and drifts aimlessly, south of the equator, until he eventually finds himself stranded on "a slimy expanse of hellish black mire which extended about [him] in monotonous undulations as far as [he] could see.... The region was putrid with the carcasses of decaying fish and less describable things which [he] saw protruding from the nasty mud of the unending plain." He theorizes that this area was formerly a portion of the ocean floor thrown to the surface by volcanic activity, "exposing regions which for innumerable millions of years had lain hidden under unfathomable watery depths." After waiting three days for the seafloor to dry out sufficiently to walk on, he ventures out on foot to find the sea and possible rescue. After two days of walking, he reaches his goal, a hill which turns out to be a mound on the edge of an "immeasurable pit or canyon".Descending the slope, he sees a gigantic white stone object that he soon perceives to be a "well-shaped monolith whose massive bulk had known the workmanship and perhaps the worship of living and thinking creatures. "The monolith, situated next to a channel of water in the bottom of the chasm, is covered in unfamiliar hieroglyphs "consisting for the most part of conventionalized aquatic symbols such as fishes, eels, octopuses, crustaceans, mollusks, whales, and the like."

"The Dunwich Horror" is a horror novella by American writer H. P. Lovecraft. Written in 1928, it was first published in the April 1929 issue of Weird Tales (pp. 481–508). It takes place in Dunwich, a fictional town in Massachusetts. It is considered one of the core stories of the Cthulhu Mythos.

The Dunwich Horror (The Work of H. P. Lovecraft, Episode 54)

The White Ship by H. P. Lovecraft Audiobook is a horror short story by American writer H. P. Lovecraft. It was first published in The United Amateur (Volume 19) #2, November 1919, and later appeared in the March 1927 issue of Weird Tales. Plot Basil Elton, a lighthouse keeper, engages in a peculiar fantasy in which a bearded man in robes is piloting a mystical white ship which appears when the moon is full. Elton walks across the water on a bridge of moonbeams, joins the bearded man on the ship, and together they explore a mystical chain of islands unlike anything that can be found on Earth. They travel past Zar, a green land where "dwell all the dreams and thoughts of beauty that come to men once and then are forgotten", then the majestic city of Thalarion, "City of a Thousand Wonders", where frightful demons dwell. They pass Akariel, the huge carven gate of Thalarion, and continue their voyage. Elton is informed that those who enter both places have never returned. During the voyage, they seem to be following an azure celestial bird. They also pass Xura, the "Land of Pleasures Unattained", which seems pleasant from a distance but reeks of plague upon getting nearer. They finally settle in Sona-Nyl, the "Land of Fancy", where Elton spends a period of time which he describes as "many aeons", living in what seems to be a perfect society. During his time in Sona-Nyl, he learns of Cathuria, the "Land of Hope". Though no man truly knows where Cathuria is or what lies there, Elton is thrilled with the idea, fantasizing about it wildly, and urges the bearded man to take him there, which the man reluctantly agrees to do. They follow the celestial bird westward. After a perilous journey to where the crew believes Cathuria to be, the ship instead finds itself at the edge of the world, and plummets to its doom. Elton awakens to find himself on the wet rocks next to his lighthouse, mere moments after he first departed on the white ship – and just in time to witness a catastrophic shipwreck caused by the light having gone out for the first time. He is further shaken by his later finding a dead azure bird and a spar of pure white. He never sees the white ship again.

The story traces the history of the titular street in a New England city, presumably Boston, from its first beginnings as "but a path" in colonial times to a quasi-supernatural occurrence in the years immediately following World War I. As the city grows up around the street, it is planted with many trees and built along with "simple, beautiful houses of brick and wood", each with a rose garden. As the Industrial Revolution runs its course, the area degenerates into a run-down and polluted slum, with all of the street's old houses falling into disrepair. After World War I and the October Revolution, the area becomes home to a community of Russian immigrants. Among the new residents is the leadership of a "vast band of terrorists," who are plotting the destruction of the United States on Independence Day. When the day arrives, the terrorists gather to do the deed, but before they can get started, all the houses in the street collapse concurrently on top of each other, killing them all. Observers at the scene testify that immediately after the collapse, they experienced visions of the trees and rose gardens that had once been in the street.

The Street (The Work of H. P. Lovecraft, Episode 16)

The story is told from the first-person perspective of an unnamed narrator and details his experiences with a scientist named Crawford Tillinghast. Tillinghast creates an electronic device that emits a resonance wave, which stimulates an affected person's pineal gland, thereby allowing them to perceive planes of existence outside the scope of accepted reality. Sharing the experience with Tillinghast, the narrator becomes cognizant of a translucent, inter-dimensional environment that overlaps our own recognized reality. From this perspective, he witnesses hordes of strange and horrific creatures that defy description. Tillinghast reveals that he has used his machine to transport his house servants into the overlapping plane of reality. He also reveals that the effect works both ways, and allows the inter-dimensional creature denizens of the alternate dimension to perceive humans. Tillinghast's servants were attacked and killed by one such inter-dimensional entity, and Tillinghast informs the narrator that it is right behind him. Terrified beyond measure, the narrator pulls out his gun and shoots it at the machine, destroying it. Tillinghast dies immediately thereafter as a result of apoplexy. The police investigate the scene and it is placed on record that Tillinghast murdered the servants in spite of their remains never being found.

From Beyond (The Work of H. P. Lovecraft, Episode 18)

The Beast in the Cave by H. P. Lovecraft Audiobook is a short story by American horror fiction writer H. P. Lovecraft. The first draft was written in the Spring of 1904, with the final draft finished in April 1905, when Lovecraft was age fourteen. It was first published in the June 1918 issue of the amateur journalism publication The Vagrant, this being the equivalent of a well-edited fanzine today. The tale is to be regarded as an example of Lovecraft's juvenilia, and is classed as such in collections of his works. In the 1930s Lovecraft sometimes sent a copy of the typescript to his promising young correspondents, as an example of what he had produced at their age, and also as a first exercise in re-writing. In this way, he could best judge how much imagination and promise they really had. Plot: A man touring the vast Mammoth Cave becomes separated from his guide and becomes lost. His torch expires and he is giving up hope of finding a way out in the pitch dark when he hears strange non-human footsteps approaching him. Thinking it to be a lost mountain lion or another such beast, he picks up a stone and throws it toward the source of the sound. The beast is hit and crumples to the floor. The guide finds the protagonist, and together they examine the fallen creature with the guide's torchlight. The creature mutters in its last breaths and they see its face. They discover a pale, deformed human, who had also become lost in the cave many years ago.

The Beast in the Cave

"The Complete Works (Volume 3) of H.P. Lovecraft contains all the original stories which Lovecraft wrote as an adult. The book is ordered chronologically by the date the story was written. Howard Phillips Lovecraft (August 20, 1890 - March 15, 1937) was an American writer of weird, science, fantasy, and horror fiction. He is best known for his creation of the Cthulhu Mythos.

The Complete Works of H.P. Lovecraft

The Complete Works of H.P. Lovecraft (Volume 3)

The story details the events of a disastrous expedition to Antarctica in September 1930, and what is found there by a group of explorers led by the narrator, Dr. William Dyer of Miskatonic University. Throughout the story, Dyer details a series of previously untold events in the hope of deterring another group of explorers who wish to return to the continent. These events include the discovery of an ancient civilization older than the human race, and realization of Earth's past told through various sculptures and murals. At the Mountains of Madness is one of the master-pieces by H. P. Lovecraft.

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At the Mountains of Madness

It is a recording of a dream, where the protagonist is a Roman military official in the Vascon country near Pompelo. The countryside is, every year, ravaged by terrible hill people who kidnap citizens and perform cruel rituals at a Sabbath. The narrator wishes to lead a military expedition to crush these hill folk, as a feeling of approaching evil has enveloped the countryside, due to a riot between the citizens and the hill people. These hill folk came to trade, yet some of these are killed and later, no disappearances occur before the time of the Sabbath. The incursion is guided by a local-born son of Roman parents. As the Romans approach the seat of the Sabbath rituals, something terrible attacks them and in an instant, horrible things come to pass: "He had killed himself when the horses screamed... He, who had been born and lived all his life in that region, and knew what men whispered about the hills. All the torches now began to dim, and the cries of frightened legionaries mingled with the unceasing screams of the tethered horses. The air grew perceptibly colder, more suddenly so than is usual at November's brink, and seemed stirred by terrible undulations which I could not help connecting with the beating of huge wings." The story ends with the narrator waking up and claiming that "it was the most vivid dream in years, drawing upon wells of the subconscious long untouched and forgotten".

The Very Old Folk (The Work of H. P. Lovecraft, Episode 50)

"The Thing in the Moonlight" is a short story by J. Chapman Miske. The story is based on a letter dated November 24, 1927 from H. P. Lovecraft to Donald Wandrei describing one of Lovecraft's dreams. The story was prepared for publication by Miske, who filled in the story surrounding the description of the dream. In places, the letter and published story are identical to Lovecraft's style. It was first published in Bizarre magazine on January 1941.

The Thing in the Moonlight (The Work of H. P. Lovecraft, Episode 51)

Charles Dexter Ward is a young man from a prominent Rhode Island family who has disappeared from a mental asylum. He had been incarcerated during a prolonged period of insanity, during which he exhibited minor and inexplicable physiological changes. His empty cell is found to be very dusty. The bulk of the story concerns the investigation conducted by the Wards' family doctor, Marinus Bicknell Willett, in an attempt to discover the reason for Ward's madness and physiological changes. Willett learns that Ward had spent the past several years attempting to discover the grave of his ill-reputed ancestor, Joseph Curwen. The doctor slowly begins to reveal the truth behind the legends surrounding Curwen, an eighteenth-century shipping entrepreneur and alleged alchemist, who was in reality a necromancer and mass murderer. A raid on Curwen's farm was remarkable for the shouted incantations, lights, explosions, and some not-quite-human figures shot down by the raiders. The raiders swore any witnesses to strict secrecy about what they saw and heard. As Willett's investigations proceed, he finds that Charles had recovered Curwen's ashes, and through the use of magical formulae contained in documents found hidden in Curwen's home in Providence, was able to call forth Curwen from his "essential saltes" and resurrect him. Willett also finds that Curwen, who resembles Charles enough to pass for him, murdered and replaced his modern descendant and resumed his evil activities. Although Curwen convinces onlookers that he is Charles, his anachronistic mindset and behavior lead authorities to certify him insane and imprison him in an asylum.

The Case of Charles Dexter Ward (The Work of H. P. Lovecraft, Episode 48)

With the onset of Prohibition, the Sheehan Billiard Room in Chicago became a sordid haunt for hard drinkers. A certain Old Bugs, a mature man corroded by vices but capable of showing, at long intervals, the typical sensitivity of educated people works as a kitchen cleaner. When the young Alfred Trever, initiated by his friend Pete Schultz on the way of drinking, arrives at the Sheehan's tavern, Old Bugs will try to convince him not to make the same mistake as he did.

Old Bugs (The Work of H. P. Lovecraft, Episode 6)

The Cats of Ulthar by H. P. Lovecraft is a short story written by American fantasy author H. P. Lovecraft in June 1920. In the tale, an unnamed narrator relates the story of how a law forbidding the killing of cats came to be in a town called Ulthar. As the narrative goes, the city is home to an old couple who enjoy capturing and killing the townspeople's cats. When a caravan of wanderers passes through the city, the kitten of an orphan (Menes) traveling with the band disappears. Upon hearing of the couple's violent acts towards cats, Menes invokes a prayer before leaving town that causes the local felines to swarm the cat-killers' house and devour them. Upon witnessing the result, the local politicians pass a law forbidding the killing of cats. Synopsis An unnamed narrator, while gazing upon his pet cat, begins to reminisce about a law in the town of Ulthar which forbids the killing of cats and relates the story of how this law came to be. The tale begins with the introduction of an old cotter and his wife who delight in trapping and violently killing any cats who venture onto their property. The people of the town are too afraid of the couple to speak against these acts, so they instead focus their efforts on keeping their felines from approaching the cotter's house. One night a caravan of travelers from a distant land arrives and passes through the village. They bring with them an orphan named Menes who, having lost his family to a plague, has only a small, black kitten to keep him company. After being unable to find his kitten on the third day of his stay, Menes hears the stories of the old cotter and his wife, and decides to take action. Menes spends time meditating prior to unleashing a prayer that affects the shapes and movements of the clouds in the sky, granting all the cats of Ulthar sentience. The caravan leaves Ulthar that night, shortly before the townspeople notice that all of their cats have gone missing. The townspeople suspect both the old couple and the wanderers, but the innkeeper's son Atal witnesses the felines circling the property of the cotter. The next morning, the cats have returned to their owners well-fed, but the cotter and his wife have vanished.

The Cats of Ulthar

Boston, 1926. Francis Thurston goes through documents left behind by his grandfather's brother, recently deceased under mysterious circumstances. He soon discovers the existence of a cult that worships ancient and unspeakable horrors. Mysterious murders, blood rituals in the depths of the Louisiana swamps, artists who descend into insanity after nightmarish visions, and a Cyclopean city that rises from the sea. Step by step, Thurston realizes that his relative's research got too close to the truth. In the shadows, there are those who want to wake the sleeping god Cthulhu in order to spread madness and destruction over the entire world. The stars are right. Is the end near? H.P. Lovecraft's The Call of Cthulhu, first published in 1928, is one of the greatest classics of American horror literature. Cthulhu himself, dreaming and waiting at the bottom of the sea, became a symbol for the entire mythology that Lovecraft created. François Baranger, an illustrator who has previously worked in film and games, was fascinated early on by Lovecraft's creatures and visions which populated the darkest recesses of fantasy. In this book, he has taken on the work of illustrating Lovecraft's most iconic novel.

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The Call of Cthulhu

"The Descendant" is a story fragment by American horror fiction writer H. P. Lovecraft, believed to have been written in 1927. It was first published in the journal Leaves in 1938, after Lovecraft's death. Inspiration: Lovecraft may have been referring to this attempt at a story when he wrote that he was "making a very careful study of London...in order to get background for tales involving richer antiquities than America can furnish."

The Descendant

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