H.P. Lovecraft: The Complete Fiction
by H.P. Lovecraft
H.P. Lovecraft: The Complete Fiction collects the author’s entire bibliography in one impressive volume. Written between the years 1908 and 1935, this collection features all of better- and lesser-known tales that have influenced some of today’s most prominent writers and filmmakers, including Stephen King, Alan Moore, F. Paul Wilson, Guillermo del Toro, and Neil Gaiman.
Lovecraft's major inspiration and invention was cosmic horror; the premise of which is that life is incomprehensible to human minds and the universe is fundamentally alien. Those who genuinely reason, like his protagonists, gamble with sanity. Lovecraft has developed a cult following for his Cthulhu Mythos, a series of loosely interconnected fictions featuring a pantheon of human-nullifying entities, as well as the Necronomicon, a fictional grimoire of magical rites and forbidden lore. His works were deeply pessimistic and cynical, challenging the values of the Enlightenment, Romanticism and Christianity.
Lovecraft's protagonists usually achieve the mirror-opposite of traditional gnosis and mysticism by momentarily glimpsing the horror of ultimate reality. Although Lovecraft's readership was limited during his life, his reputation has grown over the decades. His works have since revolutionised modern horror fiction and earned him the reputation of the most influential American writer of weird tales since Edgar Allan Poe. Said to be inspired by his own nightmares, Lovecraft's writing astounds and terrifies in equal measure.
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Table of Contents
Introduction
The Beast in the Cave
The Alchemist
The Tomb
Dagon
A Reminiscence of Dr. Samuel Johnson
Polaris
Beyond the Wall of Sleep
Memory
Old Bugs
The Transition of Juan Romero
The White Ship
The Street
The Doom That Came to Sarnath
The Statement of Randolph Carter
The Terrible Old Man
The Tree
The Cats of Ulthar
The Temple
Facts Concerning the Late Arthur Jermyn and His Family
Celephaïs
From Beyond
Nyarlathotep
The Picture in the House
Ex Oblivione
Sweet Ermengarde
The Nameless City
The Quest of Iranon
The Moon-Bog
The Outsider
The Other Gods
The Music of Erich Zann
Herbert West–Reanimator
Hypnos
What the Moon Brings
Azathoth
The Hound
The Lurking Fear
The Rats in the Walls
The Unnamable
The Festival
Under the Pyramids
The Shunned House
The Horror at Red Hook
He
In the Vault
Cool Air
The Call of Cthulhu
Pickman's Model
The Strange High House in the Mist
The Silver Key
The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath
The Case of Charles Dexter Ward
The Colour Out of Space
The Descendant
History of the Necronomicon
The Very Old Folk
Ibid
The Dunwich Horror
The Whisperer in Darkness
At the Mountains of Madness
The Shadow Over Innsmouth
The Dreams in the Witch House
Through the Gates of the Silver Key
The Thing on the Doorstep
The Evil Clergyman
The Book
The Shadow Out of Time
The Haunter of the Dark
Appendix: Juvenilia
The Little Glass Bottle
The Secret Cave
The Mystery of the Grave-yard
The Mysterious Ship [short version]
The Mysterious Ship [long version]
Discarded draft of “The Shadow over Innsmouth”
Supernatural Horror in Literature
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Collector’s Hardcover Edition
1112 pages. Bonded-leather binding, textured printing to front, back and spine. Silver gilt edging, printed endpapers, ribbon bookmark.
ISBN: 978-1-4351-2296-3
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Press, reviews, endorsements
Article: Dreaming Out of Space: Kenneth Grant on H.P. Lovecraft by John Coulthart - read it here
Article: The Influence of H.P. Lovecraft on Occultism by K.R. Bolton for the Irish Gothic Journal - read it here
Article: H.P. Lovecraft’s Magick Realism on TechGnosis - read it here
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About the Author
The late Howard Phillips 'H. P.' Lovecraft (1890 - 1937) was an American author who achieved posthumous fame through his influential works of horror, fantasy and science fiction. Virtually unknown and only published in pulp magazines before he died in poverty, he is now widely seen as one of the most significant 20th century authors in his genre.
