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Howard Phillips Lovecraft died last March [1937], at the height of his career. Though only forty-six years of age, he had built up an international reputation by the artistry and … Read the rest
When Randolph Carter was thirty he lost the key of the gate of dreams. Prior to that time he had made up for the prosiness of life by nightly excursions to strange and ancient cities beyond … Read the rest
In my tortured ears there sounds unceasingly a nightmare whirring and flapping, and a faint distant baying as of some gigantic hound. It is not dream—it is not, I fear, even madness—for too much has already … Read the rest
Again I say, I do not know what has become of Harley Warren, though I think–almost hope–that he is in peaceful oblivion, if there be anywhere so blessed a thing. It is true that I have … Read the rest
“Heave to, there’s something floating to the leeward” the speaker was a short stockily built man whose name was William Jones. he was the captain of a small cat boat in which he & a party … Read the rest
There was thunder in the air on the night I went to the deserted mansion atop Tempest Mountain to find the lurking fear. I was not alone, for foolhardiness was not then mixed with that love … Read the rest
Somewhere, to what remote and fearsome region I know not, Denys Barry has gone. I was with him the last night he lived among men, and heard his screams when the thing came to him; but … Read the rest
I have examined maps of the city with the greatest care, yet have never again found the Rue dAuseil. These maps have not been modem maps alone, for I know that names change. I have, on … Read the rest
The Royal Press 1902
Chapter 1.
In the spring of 1847, the little village of Ruralville was thrown into a state of exitement by the arrival of a strange brig in the harbour. It carried no … Read the rest
My memories are very confused. There is even much doubt as to where they begin; for at times I feel appalling vistas of years stretching behind me, while at other times it seems as if the … Read the rest