Bloodcurdling Tales of Horror and the Macabre: The Best of H. P. Lovecraft

by Lovecraft, H. P.

• ISBN13: 9780345350800
• ISBN10: 0345350804
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1987-05-12
• Publisher: Del Rey

Summary

This is the collection that true fans of horror fiction have been waiting for: sixteen of H.P. Lovecraft's most horrifying visions, including Lovecraft's masterpiece, THE SHADOW OUT OF TIME--the shocking revelation of the mysterious forces that hold all mankind in their fearsome grip. "I think it is beyond doubt that H.P. Lovecraft has yet to be surpassed as the Twentieth Century's greatest practitioner of the classic horror tale." Stephen King

Author Biography

Almost completely ignored by the mainstream press during his lifetime, H. P. Lovecraft has since come to be recognized as one of the greatest writers of classic horror, on a par with Edgar Allan Poe, Lovecraft's mentor. H. P. Lovecraft's work has been translated into more than a dozen languages, his tales adapted for film, television, and comic books, and he has been the subject of more scholarly study than any other writer of horror fiction save Poe.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Heritage of Horror	p. vii
The Rats in the Walls	p. 3
The Picture in the House	p. 20
The Outsider	p. 27
Pickman's Model	p. 33
In the Vault	p. 45
The Silver Key	p. 53
The Music of Erich Zann	p. 64
The Call of Cthulhu	p. 72
The Dunwich Horror	p. 98
The Whisperer in Darkness	p. 136
The Colour Out of Space	p. 193
The Haunter of the Dark	p. 218
The Thing on the Doorstep	p. 239
The Shadow Over Innsmouth	p. 262
The Dreams in the Witch-House	p. 318
The Shadow Out of Time	p. 350
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