Selected and Introduced by M.J. Elliot.

‘The thing came abruptly and unannounced; a demon, rat-like, scurrying from pits remote and unimaginable, a hellish panting and stifled grunting, and then from that opening beneath the chimney a burst of multitudinous and leprous life – a loathsome night-spawned flood of organic corruption more devastatingly hideous than the blackest conjurations of mortal madness and morbidity.’

Only the expansive imagination of H.P. Lovecraft could conceive the delicious and spine-tingling horrors you will find within the pages of this unique collection. In addition to such classics as ‘The Picture in the House’, ‘The Music of Erich Zann’ and ‘The Rats in the Walls’, this volume contains some fascinating rarities: examples of Lovecraft’s earliest weird fiction and material unpublished during his lifetime.

H.P. Lovecraft’s creation of the Cthulhu Mythos has influenced many modern authors, and still remains at the forefront of supernatural literature.

Includes:

The Lurking Fear
The Beast in the Cave
The Alchemist
The Tomb
Beyond the Wall of Sleep
Memory
The Transition of Juan Romero
The White Ship
The Terrible Old Man
Facts Concerning the Late Arthur Jermyn and His Family
The Street
The Temple
The Tree
From Beyond
Nyarlathotep
The Picture in the House
Ex Oblivione
The Quest of Iranon
The Moon-Bog
The Outsider
The Music of Erich Zann
Hypnos
Azathoth
What the Moon Brings
The Rats in the Walls
He
In the Vault
Cool Air
The Descendant
The Very Old Folk
The Book
The Evil Clergyman