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THE COLOUR OUT OF SPACE
The Colour Out of Space was written by Lovecraft in March 1927, immediately after finishing his previous short novel, The Case of Charles...

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Jun 11, 20234 min read
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THE SHUNNED HOUSE
The Shunned House was written on October 16–19, 1924 and it was first published in the October 1937 issue of Weird Tales. The title is...

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May 28, 20235 min read
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H.P. LOVECRAFT - BIOGRAPHIC LOCATIONS
Howard Phillips Lovecraft (August 20, 1890 – March 15, 1937) was an American writer of weird, science, fantasy, and horror fiction....

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May 28, 202310 min read
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THE WHISPERER IN DARKNESS
Written February–September 1930, this novella was first published in Weird Tales, August 1931. Similar to The Colour Out of Space (1927),...

Matt
Aug 20, 20217 min read
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THE LURKING FEAR
The Lurking Fear was written in November 1922, and it was first published in the January through April 1923 issues of Home Brew. Like...

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Jul 24, 20212 min read
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THE HAUNTER OF THE DARK
Written between 5–9 November 1935 and published in the December 1936 edition of Weird Tales (Vol. 28, No. 5, p. 538–53). It was the last...

Matt
Jun 5, 20218 min read
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THE CASE OF CHARLES DEXTER WARD
The Case of Charles Dexter Ward is a short horror novel (51,500 words to be exact), which was written by Lovecraft in early 1927, but not...

Matt
Jun 5, 202115 min read
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THE SHADOW OVER INNSMOUTH
The Shadow over Innsmouth is a horror novella by American author H. P. Lovecraft, written in November–December 1931. It forms part of the...

Matt
Sep 27, 202011 min read
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LOVECRAFT'S LETTERS
Lovecraft was not only an avid writer of horror fiction, but also a keen letter writer. It is estimated that Lovecraft wrote nearly...

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Sep 27, 20205 min read
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THE HORROR AT MARTIN'S BEACH
This short story was a collaboration between H. P. Lovecraft and Sonia H. Greene and was written in June 1922 and first published (as The...

Matt
Sep 27, 20201 min read
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THE MAN OF STONE
The Man of Stone is a short story written by H. P. Lovecraft and Hazel Heald in October 1932, and was published in Hugo Gernsback’s...

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Jul 12, 20202 min read
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THE DIARY OF ALONZO TYPER
The Diary of Alonzo Typer is a short story by H. P. Lovecraft and William Lumley. Written in 1935, it is Lovecraft's revision of Lumley's...

Matt
Jul 12, 20201 min read
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BEYOND THE WALL OF SLEEP
This short story was written in 1919 and first published in Pine Cones in October 1919, an amateur journal edited by John Clinton Pryor....

Matt
Jul 12, 20201 min read
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HERBERT WEST - REANIMATOR
This horror short story was written between October 1921 and June 1922 and it was first serialized in February through July 1922 in the...

Matt
Jun 7, 20192 min read
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THE HORROR AT RED HOOK
Written on August 1–2, 1925, Red Hook is a transitional tale, situated between the author's earlier work and the later Cthulhu Mythos....

Matt
Nov 17, 20181 min read
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SUNSET
Not only did Lovecraft write many descriptions of sunsets in his stories, he also wrote a poem, aptly named, Sunset. From his home in 66...

Matt
Oct 31, 20181 min read
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HISTORY OF THE NECRONOMICON
This short text was written by Lovecraft in 1927, and was published after his death in 1938. It is a brief pseudo-history describing the...

Matt
Aug 29, 20182 min read
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THE DUNWICH HORROR
This horror novella was written in 1928, and it was first published in the April 1929 issue of Weird Tales. It takes place in Dunwich,...

Matt
Nov 5, 20172 min read
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THE THING ON THE DOORSTEP
Written in August 1933, and first published in the January 1937 issue of Weird Tales, The Thing on the Doorstep is a story which...

Matt
Oct 31, 20172 min read
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AT THE MOUNTAINS OF MADNESS
H. P. Lovecraft wrote this novella in February/March 1931 and was rejected that year by Weird Tales editor Farnsworth Wright on the...

Matt
Sep 24, 20171 min read
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PICKMAN'S MODEL
Pickman's Model is a short story by H. P. Lovecraft, written in September 1926 and first published in the October 1927 issue of Weird...

Matt
Aug 24, 20177 min read
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THE STRANGE HIGH HOUSE IN THE MIST
Written on November 9, 1926, the story was originally rejected by Weird Tales when submitted in July 1927. In 1929, Lovecraft agreed to...

Matt
Aug 22, 20172 min read
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THE FESTIVAL
The Festival was written in October 1923 and published in the January 1925 issue of Weird Tales, and is considered to be one of the first...

Matt
Aug 22, 20173 min read
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FUNGHI FROM YUGGOTH
Fungi from Yuggoth is a sequence of 36 sonnets written by Lovecraft. Most of the sonnets were written between 27 December 1929 – 4...

Matt
Aug 22, 20171 min read
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COMMONPLACE BOOK
During his lifetime, Lovecraft kept a listing of story ideas, concepts, and other elements which he might at some point include in his...

Matt
Nov 5, 20161 min read
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THE CALL OF CTHULHU
Written in the summer of 1926, The Call of Cthulhu was first published in the pulp magazine Weird Tales in February 1928. It is the only...

Matt
Oct 29, 20163 min read
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FROM BEYOND
Lovecraft wrote this short story in November 16, 1920 and it was first published in The Fantasy Fan in June 1934 (Vol. 1, No. 10). The...

Matt
Oct 28, 20162 min read
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