Weird and Horrific Stories by H. P. Lovecraft Hardback Book 9781513133829

Weird and Horrific Stories 2021 collects some of H P Lovecraftamp8217s finest early work Although his reputation as one of the worldamp8217s greatest writers of horror and weird fiction remains undisputed much of his writing was published in such pulp literary magazines as Argosy the United Amateur and Weird Tales making it difficult to find proper collections Weird and Horrific Stories attempts to bridge this gap for modern readers bringing them face to face with some of Lovecraftamp8217s most terrifying creationsamp8220The Alchemistamp8221 originally written in 1908 and published in 1916 is the story of Count Antoine whose ancestors were cursed after killing a fearsome dark wizard named Michel Mauvais Every generation since has seen the death of its male members at the age of thirtytwo an age fast approaching for Antoine Lonely and terrified he sets out to put an end to the cycle of death and suffering amp8220Dagonamp8221 which appeared in The Vagrant in 1919 is a story told by a morphineaddicted man who survived a terrible shipwreck during the First World War In amp8220The Cats of Ultharamp8221 published in 1920 an unnamed narrator recounts the legal history of the town of...