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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. ...

At the Mountains of Madness is a science fiction-horror novella by American author H. P. Lovecraft, written in February/March 1931 and rejected that year by Weird Tales editor Farnsworth Wright on the grounds of its length. It was originally serialized in the February, March, and April 1936 issues of Astounding Stories. It has been reproduced in numerous collections.The story details the events of a disastrous expedition to the Antarctic conti...

Howard Phillips Lovecraft (August 20, 1890 - March 15, 1937) was an American writer of weird and horror fiction, who is known for his creation of what became the Cthulhu Mythos.Born in Providence, Rhode Island, Lovecraft spent most of his life in New England. He was born into affluence, but his family's wealth dissipated soon after the death of his grandfather. In 1913, he wrote a critical letter to a pulp magazine that ultimately led to his i...

Supernatural Horror in Literature" is a 28, 000 word essay by American writer H. P. Lovecraft, surveying the development and achievements of horror fiction as the field stood in the 1920s and 30s. The essay was researched and written between November 1925 and May 1927, first published in August 1927, and then revised and expanded during 1933-1934. Lovecraft's essay ranges widely, but he first examines the beginnings of weird fiction in the ...

The work of H.P Lovecraft blends elements of science fiction and horror, highlighting humanity's fear of the unknown. This collection includes thirty-two of Lovecraft's most influential stories.

This handsome hardback collection brings together 10 terrifying tales from the master of supernatural horror H.P. Lovecraft, presented with a striking foil accented cover design. Lovecraft's fiction has influenced generations of horror writers. His otherworldly visions of cosmic horrors, alien beings, and a world not quite our own remain immensely powerful and able to terrify even the most resolute readers. This collection spans the breadth of...

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Throughout his life, H. P. Lovecraft corresponded with a wide array of correspondents-in the amateur journalism movement, the world of pulp magazines, and elsewhere. This volume contains small batches of letters to these correspondents. A major inclusion is the surviving correspondence of two round-robin groups, the Kleicomolo and the Gallomo, wherein Lovecraft expatiates on his cosmic philosophy. Also included here are letters to C. M. Eddy a...

Includes the favourite stories of one of America''s greatest ever horror writers.

Eine Expedition führender Wissenschaftler bricht in die Antarktis auf. Das Ziel sind geografische ebenso wie geologische Erkenntnisse. Bald schon stößt eine Vorhut auf ein widernatürlich hohes Gebirge und im Schatten der Gipfel auf perfekt konservierte Kadaver absonderlicher Wesen. Als der Erzähler das Lager seines Kollegen erreicht, ist es verwüstet, Menschen und Hunde zerfleischt. Und doch beginnt Lovecrafts kosmischer Horror gerade erst, si...

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This complete collection of strange and unusual stories from H. P. Lovecraft features an array of dark and supernatural themes. Forbidden, esoterically veiled knowledge is at the forefront of many of Lovecraft's works, as well as non-human influences on humanity, inherited guilt, fate, civilization under threat, race, risks of a scientific era, religion, and superstition. Many of Lovecraft's stories were inspired by his nightmares. His intere...

The diversity of H. P. Lovecraft's correspondents is exemplified in this volume, as are important aspects of his literary and professional career. His involvement with the pulp magazine Weird Tales is reflected in letters to J. C. Henneberger (the magazine's owner) and its first two editors, Edwin Baird and Farnsworth Wright. Here we learn little-known details of the magazine's initial year of publication, Lovecraft's work as ghostwriter for H...

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Ein junger Mann begibt sich auf eine Reise durch Neuengland. Arkham ist sein Ziel, doch Zufall und Neugierde verschlagen ihn nach Innsmouth, eine absonderliche, heruntergekommene Hafenstadt, die auf keiner Karte verzeichnet ist. Innsmouth wird gemieden, nicht zuletzt wegen des seltsamen Kults, dem seine Bewohner anhängen. Der Erzähler verbringt nur einige Stunden bei ihnen - das Grauen aber begleitet ihn noch lange. Dieser Band vereint fünf kl...

Das Meisterwerk von H. P. Lovecraft, kongenial illustriert von François Baranger Die Polarexpedition war 1930 mit großen Plänen gestartet. Die Berge der Antarktis sollten vermessen, Bohrungen vorgenommen und archäologische Funde gemacht werden. Doch als ein Teil des Teams bei einem waghalsigen Ausflug eine seltsame Entdeckung macht und danach von der Bildfläche verschwindet, begibt sich ein Suchtrupp zum Ort der Katastrophe. Was sie dort fi...