top of page


Search


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...


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...


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....


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),...


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...


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...


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...


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...


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...


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...


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...


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...


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....


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...


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....


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...


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...


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,...


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...


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...
bottom of page