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Signature. Howard Phillips Lovecraft ( US: / ˈlʌvkræft /, UK: / ˈlʌvkrɑːft /; 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. [ a] Born in Providence, Rhode Island, Lovecraft spent most of his life in New England.
The Dreams in the Witch House. " The Dreams in the Witch House " is a horror short story by American writer H. P. Lovecraft, part of the Cthulhu Mythos cycle. It was written in January/February 1932 and first published in the July 1933 issue of Weird Tales .
April 1926. " The Outsider " is a short story by American horror writer H. P. Lovecraft. Written between March and August 1921, it was first published in Weird Tales, April 1926. [1] In this work, a mysterious individual who has been living alone in a castle for as long as he can remember decides to break free in search of human contact and light.
Print (periodical) At the Mountains of Madness is a science fiction-horror novella by American author H. P. Lovecraft, written in February/March 1931. Rejected that year by Weird Tales editor Farnsworth Wright on the grounds of its length, [1] it was originally serialized in the February, March, and April 1936 issues of Astounding Stories.
A 1934 drawing of Cthulhu, the central cosmic entity in Lovecraft's seminal short story, "The Call of Cthulhu", first published in the pulp magazine Weird Tales in 1928. [1] Lovecraftian horror, also called cosmic horror [2] or eldritch horror, is a subgenre of horror fiction and weird fiction that emphasizes the horror of the unknowable and ...
The Temple (Lovecraft short story) The Terrible Old Man. The Thing on the Doorstep. Through the Gates of the Silver Key. Till A' the Seas. The Tomb (short story) The Transition of Juan Romero. The Tree on the Hill. The Tree (short story)
Necronomicon. The Necronomicon, also referred to as the Book of the Dead, or under a purported original Arabic title of Kitab al-Azif, is a fictional grimoire (textbook of magic) appearing in stories by the horror writer H. P. Lovecraft and his followers. It was first mentioned in Lovecraft's 1924 short story "The Hound", [1] written in 1922 ...
The Cats of Ulthar. " The Cats of Ulthar " 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 ...