Howard Phillips Lovecraft was one of the most influential writers of horror fiction in the early 20th century. His fame is mostly posthumous—he was only published in pulp magazines, and never saw financial success. Despite that, Lovecraft’s unique blend of gothicism, horror, and supernatural, set in an imagined but eerily-real New England, marked a gold standard for horror fiction for decades to come.

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Twenty - nine tales of mystery, fantasy and the macabre, from the master himself, HP Lovecraft. Howard Phillips Lovecraft forever changed the face of horror, fantasy, and science fiction with a remarkable series of stories as influential as the works of Poe, Tolkien, and Edgar Rice Burroughs.

A classic tale from the Master of Weird Fiction, H.P. Lovecraft's "The Call of Cthulhu" chronicles the journey of Francis Wayland Thurston as he examines the notes of his dead uncle and learns of a strange and mysterious cult that worships an ancient monster - Cthulhu - a terrifying human/octopus/dragon hybrid that lives in the hidden city of R'lyeh. As the narrator plunges further into this mystery, he begins to suspect that this ancient creature...

El escritor estadounidense Howard Phillips Lovecraft (1890-1937), más conocido como H.P. Lovecraft, es una figura icónica en la literatura de terror y ciencia ficción, ampliamente considerado como uno de los maestros del género. Sus obras a menudo exploran temas como el miedo a lo desconocido y la insignificancia de la humanidad frente al cosmos. Su estilo de escritura se caracteriza por una prosa densa, erudita y atmosférica, que contribuye...

Howard Phillips Lovecraft was an American writer of weird fiction and horror fiction. Born in Providence, Rhode Island, he spent most of his life there, and his fiction was primarily set against a New England backdrop. Lovecraft was virtually unknown during his lifetime and published only in pulp magazines before he died in poverty, but is now regarded as one of the most significant 20th-century authors of weird and horror fiction.

H.P. Lovecraft's tales of cosmic horror, science fiction, and the fantastic are among the most classic in all literature. His writing challenges readers, scares them senseless, and explodes the boundaries of the known. This stunning collection, illustrated in color, brings to life some of his greatest, most profound works-including "The Call of Cthulhu," "The Haunter of the Dark," "The Dunwich Horror," "The Color Out of Space," "The Shadow Over Innsmouth,"...

The Complete Works of H.P. Lovecraft contains the original stories which Lovecraft wrote as an adult. It begins in 1917 with “The Tomb” and ends in 1935 with his last original work “The Haunter of the Dark.” The book is ordered chronologically by the date the story was written. Because Lovecraft was a terrible businessman and left no heirs to his intellectual property, all of his works are already in the public domain. It does not include...

Hundreds of years ago, Antoine's noble ancestor was responsible for the death of a dark wizard, Michel Mauvais. The wizard's son, Charles le Sorcier, swore revenge on not only him but all his descendants, cursing them to die on reaching the age of 32. The protagonist recounts how his ancestors all died in some mysterious way around the age of 32. The line has dwindled and the castle has been left to fall into disrepair, tower by tower. Finally, Antoine...

El narrador, heredero de su legado, se vuelca en la interpretación arqueológica de un bajorrelieve que va acompañado de un texto en una lengua desconocida que hace referencia a un culto secreto del que parece ser un dios olvidado y extraterrestre con el nombre de "Cthulhu".

La sombra del desván es una historia de fantasmas pasada por el crisol de los mitos de Cthulhu. Adam Duncan recibe en herencia un viejo caserón en la ciudad de Arkham. Su huraño tío-abuelo Uriah Garrison solo pone una condición en su testamento: que tras su muerte pase 90 días viviendo en él.