Necronomicon
The Tales of H.P. Lovecraft
An extensive collection of the horror fiction of one of the genre’s earliest, most important writers. Originally written for pulp fiction magazines in the 1920s and 1930s, the popularity of Lovecraft’s tales soared after his early death. Now he is ranked among the likes of Edgar Alan Poe, and his writing has influenced generations of aspiring horror novelists and filmmakers.
In colourful locales ranging from decrepit seaside villages to musty, secret-filled tombs to fantastic worlds beyond human knowledge – and comprehension – Lovecraft’s work takes its readers on journeys into depths of human madness and inhuman depravity, showcasing man’s encounters with eldritch monsters and god-like horrors from beyond time and space. Leave the lights on.
Includes classics such as “The…
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August 12, 2014Almost completely ignored by the mainstream press during his lifetime, H. P. Lovecraft has since come to be recognized as one of the greatest writers of classic horror, on a par with Edgar Allan Poe, Lovecraft's mentor. H. P. Lovecraft's work has been translated into more than a dozen languages, his tales adapted for film, television, and comic books, and he has been the subject of more scholarly study than any other writer of horror fiction save Poe.