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L'orrore che si scatena in una isolata e decadente cittadina americana, evocato e guidato da forze oscure e aliene...

1928, Providence. Risa diaboliche, litanie sconosciute, odori mefitici e voci d'oltretomba si sentono provenire dal laboratorio che Charles Dexter Ward tiene gelosamente chiuso. Il Dr. Willett, che segue Charles dalla nascita, comincia ad indagare sulle cause della sua follia e si troverà a fronteggiare indicibili orrori e terrori soprannaturali.

H.P. Lovecraft e il suo amico Loveman decidono di addentrarsi in un cimitero di notte. Durante l’esplorazione, Loveman scopre un misterioso passaggio sotterraneo che sembra condurre al centro della terra e decide di avventurarsi. Prima di partire, lascia a Lovecraft un telefono con un lunghissimo filo per tenerlo aggiornato su ciò che scoprirà nel viaggio. Le famose storie dell’orrore dello scrittore statunitense Howard Phillips Lovecraft continuano a far discutere gli appassionati, incerti se collocarle nella categoria del fantastico più originale o delle cronache di un possibile domani.

Il racconto "La casa stregata" venne ispirato a Lovecraft da una casa realmente esistente a Providence, da lui definita "maledetta o nutrita di cadaveri". Il tema di antichi orrori che si risvegliano, di misteriose auree demoniache, la suspense e il senso di oppressione soprannaturale trasmessi da queste pagine si incontrano anche nel celebre "L'orrore a Red Hook", molto citato dagli appassionati di Lovecraft che sostengono l'ipotesi che lo scrittore fosse un affiliato di una setta occulta, vista la precisione con cui riporta alcune formule usate durante rituali esoterici.

"The Book" is an unfinished short story by American horror fiction writer H. P. Lovecraft, believed to have been written in late 1933. It was first published in the journal "Leaves" in 1938, after Lovecraft's death. In the story fragment, the narrator is given an ancient book by a strange bookseller, and when he takes it home and examines it, weird and sinister events ensue. In October 1933, Lovecraft wrote in a letter: I am at a sort of standstill in writing disgusted at much of my older work, and uncertain as to avenues of improvement.

La casa stregata è un audiolibro horror in cui il protagonista racconta in prima persona del fascino inquietante che una vecchia casa in Benefit Street, a Providence, negli Stati Uniti, provoca in lui sin da bambino. Aiutato da suo zio, il Dott. Elihu Whipple, egli raccoglie informazioni riguardanti le strane morti avvenute negli anni di coloro che ci hanno abitato. Decideranno di porre fine insieme all'orrenda presenza che scoprono vivere in quella casa.

The narrator travels through the nearby decrepit seaport of Innsmouth which is suggested as a cheaper and potentially interesting next leg of his journey. There he interacts with strange people and observes disturbing events that ultimately lead to horrifying and personal revelations. It forms part of the Cthulhu Mythos, using its motif of a malign undersea civilization. It references several shared elements of the Mythos, including place-names, mythical creatures and invocations.

Are you ready to unlock the terrifying secrets of the universe? "The Call of Cthulhu" is more than a story—it's a gripping descent into a terrifying world where ancient gods sleep beneath the sea and nightmares bleed into reality. When a professor dies under strange circumstances, a trail of clues unravels into a chilling global mystery: cults, strange carvings, and whispers of a monstrous entity named Cthulhu. As you listen, you’ll feel the suspense build, your curiosity ignite, and your imagination expand into the dark unknown.

Développez votre culture générale et profitez du plaisir de la narration, avec une sélection de nouvelles par les plus grands écrivains, choisies pour leur qualité et aussi pour leur caractère inhabituel. Cette collection vous emmènera du fantastique au désespoir de l'artiste ou de l'écrivain jusqu'à l'humour surréel, avec une narration vivante et talentueuse.

Sci-Fi: The Definitive Collection is a collection of 29 classic science fiction novels and stories, read by esteemed cast of award-winning narrators. Included here are stories by some of the most iconic science fiction writers of all time, including H.G. Wells; Jules Verne; H.P. Lovecraft; Maragret Cavendish; Yevgeny Zamyatin; and more.

"La tomba": Jervas Dudley racconta gli eventi, senza analizzarne le cause, che lo hanno portato ad essere rinchiuso in manicomio. Da ragazzo amava recarsi davanti al sepolcro della famiglia Hydes, fino a quando una voce lo spinse ad entrare nella tomba. 2. "Dagon": Uno dei racconti maggiormente famosi di Lovecraft, contiene l'introduzione ai successivi racconti: "i miti di Cthulhu". Qui il protagonista, sovrintendente di un piroscafo al largo del Pacifico, viene catturato dal nemico, fugge e si ritrova alla deriva in una piccola barca.

Una de las obras capitales de Howard Phillips Lovecraft, inspiradora de numerosos relatos y películas como "La Cosa" de John Carpenter. Narra la historia de una expedición al antártico y del horrible secreto que en él descubren: una inimaginable cadena montañosa bajo la cual se extienden las ruinas de una complejísima y olvidada civilización no humana. Dos miembros de la expedición se internarán en las ruinas para desentrañar sus secretos, ignorantes de lo que les espera bajo el hielo antediluviano.

The Shadow over Innsmouth and The Whisperer in Darkness are counted among H. P. Lovecraft's most popular stories. In the first we are transported to the decrepit coastal town of Innsmouth, whose amphibianlike citizens betray a dark and sinister secret. The second takes us to Vermont, where a university professor becomes embroiled in a mind-bending celestial mystery after strange things are seen floating in the rivers.

The story is told from the first person perspective of an unnamed narrator and details his experiences with a scientist named Crawford Tillinghast. Tillinghast creates an electronic device that emits a resonance wave, which stimulates an affected person’s pineal gland, thereby allowing them to perceive planes of existence outside the scope of accepted reality.

In the quiet, rolling hills west of Arkham, a meteorite falls from the stars, bringing with it a "colour" that defies human description and the laws of known science. As the strange, glowing presence seeps into the soil and water, the land begins to wither, the animals transform, and the Gardner family descends into a nightmare of madness and physical decay.

Step into the twisted geometry of nightmare in H. P. Lovecraft’s The Dreams in the Witch House. When Walter Gilman, a student at Miskatonic University, rents a room in Arkham’s infamous Witch House, he believes its strange angles hide cosmic secrets. Gilman is drawn into a nightmare of black magic, forbidden mathematics, and sacrificial horror.

Long acknowledged as a master of nightmarish vision, H.P. Lovecraft established the genuineness and dignity of his own pioneering fiction in 1931 with his quintessential work of supernatural horror, At the Mountains of Madness. The deliberately told and increasingly chilling recollection of an Antarctic expedition's uncanny discoveries—and their encounter with an untold menace in the ruins of a lost civilization—is a milestone of macabre literature.

While riding his bicycle in the Miskatonic Valley of rural New England, a genealogist seeks shelter from an approaching storm. He enters an apparently abandoned house, only to find it occupied by a "loathsome old, white-bearded, and ragged man", speaking in "an extreme form of Yankee dialect... thought long extinct." The narrator notices that the house is full of antique books, exotic artifacts, and furniture predating the American Revolution. At first, the old man appears harmless and ignorant towards his guest. However, he shows a disquieting fascination for an engraving in a rare old book.

Blending psychological terror and cosmic dread, this Lovecraftian classic explores the fragility of reason and the monstrous history lurking beneath civilization’s veneer. Perfect for fans of eerie atmospheric fiction, haunted estates, and tales of forbidden discovery.

What if horror didn’t crawl, speak, or breathe—but fell from the sky? The Colour Out of Space is not just a story; it’s a chilling descent into a nightmare beyond human understanding. When a strange meteorite crashes onto a quiet New England farm, it leaves behind something impossible to describe—an unnatural presence that seeps into the land, the animals, and the people who live there. Crops rot, livestock change, and the air itself feels wrong as an invisible force spreads with silent, relentless intent.