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"Nyarlathotep" was written in the year 1920 by Howard Phillips Lovecraft. This book is one of the most popular novels of Howard Phillips Lovecraft, and has been translated into several other languages around the world.

The story begins with the narrator describing the night sky as observed over long sleepless nights from his window, in particular that of the Pole Star, Polaris, which he describes as "winking hideously like an insane watching eye which strives to convey some strange message, yet recalls nothing save that it once had a message to convey". He then describes the night of the aurora over his house in the swamp, and how on this night he first dreamed of a city of marble lying on a plateau between two peaks, with Polaris above in the night sky.

"Hypnos" is a first-person narrative, written from the perspective of an unnamed character living in Kent and later London, England. The narrator writes that he fears sleep, and is resolved to write his story down lest it drive him further mad, regardless of what people think after reading it. The narrator, a sculptor, recounts meeting a mysterious man in a railway station. The moment the man opened his "immense, sunken, and widely luminous eyes", the narrator knew that the stranger would become his friend--"the only friend of one who had never possessed a friend before."

"Herbert West - Reanimator" is a horror short story by American writer H. P. Lovecraft. It was written between October 1921 and June 1922. It was first serialized in February through July 1922 in the amateur publication "Home Brew".

The "Call of Cthulhu" is one of H.P. Lovecraft's best-known short stories. Written in the summer of 1926, it was first published in "Weird Tales", February 1928. It is the only story written by Lovecraft in which the extraterrestrial entity Cthulhu himself makes a major appearance. It is written in a documentary style, with three independent narratives linked together by the device of a narrator discovering notes left by a deceased relative

"Ibid" is a parody by American horror fiction writer H. P. Lovecraft. Ibid is a mock biography of the Roman scholar Ibidus (486-587), whose masterpiece was Op. Cit., "wherein all the significant undercurrents of Graeco-Roman thought were crystallized once and for all." The piece traces the skull of Ibidus, once the possession of Charlemagne, William the Conqueror and other notables, to the United States, where it travels via Salem, Massachusetts and Providence, Rhode Island to a prairie dog hole in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

"Pickmans Modell" erzählt die Geschichte von dem skurrilen Künstler Richard Pickman, der den Hang zur Realität verliert, und der Bekanntschaft zwischen ihm und Thurber, mit dem er einst Mitglied eines Kunstclubs in Boston war. Nach dem Austritt Pickmans aus dem Club, lädt er eines Tages Thurber zu seinem abgelegenen Grundstück ein und gewährt ihm somit Zutritt in eine düstere, makabre Welt, wo die Grenzen zwischen Fantasie und Realität ineinander zu verschwimmen scheinen.

(Re)Vivez le cauchemar. Envie de (re)lire la nouvelle du "Cauchemar d'Innsmouth" d'H.P. Lovecraft ? Et que diriez-vous de la vivre cette fois-ci ? C'est exactement ce que vous propose cet ouvrage : visitez la ville d'Innsmouth en voyageant dans le texte originel et les descriptions d'H.P. Lovecraft lui-même ! Vous pourrez littéralement vous balader dans la nouvelle, visiter ses lieux, parler à ses personnages et voyager dans l'œuvre du maître pour y vivre votre propre aventure.

After a meteorite strikes near a farmhouse outside of Arkham, livestock and plants begin to die. While the scientifically minded speak of discovering a new element, locals sense something more sinister is in the air. A pioneer of cosmic horror, Lovecraft had the ability to sharpen the intellect while causing chills to run down your spine.

Steven Jones, an entertainment producer from Chicago, journeys to London in search of new acts. There, he discovers the strange and disturbing wax museum of Rodgers and his inscrutable associate Orabona. Is the mad artist able to conjure up the world's most horrifying waxen effigies through his occult inspirations, or is there a darker secret lurking behind the wax and paint?

A collection of eclectic poetry penned by three kings of Pulp fiction from the 1930s. “Songs of Giants: The Poetry of Pulp” is a collection of 26 poems by writers H.P. Lovecraft, Edgar Rice Burroughs, and Robert E. Howard. Inspired by the illustrated book of the same name by artist Mark...

En Las montañas de la locura es un relato fundamental de la mitología de Lovecraft donde, a través de una misteriosa expedición a la Antártida, un grupo de científicos descubren una antigua y devastadora civilización aliénigena.

Lovecraft es especialmente conocido por crear el «mito de Cthulhu», un panteón de seres antiguos y cósmicos que existen más allá del entendimiento humano, a menudo vistos por protagonistas que descubren secretos antiguos y oscuros que desafían su comprensión del universo. La llamada de Cthulhu es un relato fundamental de esa mitología.

The Curse of Yig is a chilling tale of ancient curses and supernatural terror, set against the backdrop of the desolate American plains. When settlers on the frontier disturb the legend of Yig, the snake god, they unknowingly invite a terrible curse upon themselves. H. P. Lovecraft, master of cosmic horror, weaves a tale of fear and madness as the characters confront the malevolent force of Yig.

Hoy en día, Lovecraft ocupa un lugar preeminente en la literatura norteamericana, siendo uno de los escritores de horror y ciencia ficción más influyentes del siglo XX. Sus escritos, particularmente los Mitos de Cthulhu, han influido en los autores de ficción a lo largo y ancho del mundo, y podemos encontrar elementos lovecraftianos en novelas, películas, música, cómics y dibujos animados.

Un antiguo marinero escribe su carta de suicidio relatando los motivos que le han llevado a querer poner fin a su vida. Cuando el barco en el que navegaba fue capturado por soldados alemanes, consiguió huir con provisiones en un pequeño bote. Se encontraba completamente perdido en el océano, cuando un día se despertó y su bote estaba encallado en un suelo negro que llegaba hasta donde la vista alcanzaba y despedía un olor nauseabundo. Allí encontraría misteriosos restos de seres desconocidos y a una criatura monstruosa que le perseguiría en sus recuerdos el resto de su vida.

Un hombre trata de encontrar sin éxito a lo largo de los años la Rue d'Auseil, una estrafalaria y peculiar calle en la que vivió durante un tiempo cuando era un joven estudiante de metafísica. Allí conoció a un anciano músico alemán mudo llamado Erich Zann, que por las noches interpretaba desde su buhardilla en el piso superior a la habitación del joven, unas melodías tan extrañas y sobrecogedoras, que el estudiante no pegaba ojo en toda la noche dejándose llevar por esta música, que jamás había escuchado antes. 

Howard Phillips Lovecraft, born August 20, 1890, began composing rudimentary horror tales by the age of 8. He’s best remembered for cooking up his very own genre, Cosmic Horror, featuring monsters so powerful and terrifying that just seeing them will likely drive you insane.

Delve into the dark depths of cosmic horror with H.P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu. Uncover ancient, eldritch secrets as ordinary minds grapple with the incomprehensible and the unimaginable. Brace yourself for a chilling journey into the abyss, where sanity hangs by a thread and the unknown lurks in every shadow.

Basil Elton, fyrpasseren på Norton-fyret, inddrages i en ejendommelig fantasi, i hvilken en skægget mand, klædt i en kutte, kommer sejlende med et mystisk hvidt skib, hver gang månen er fuld. Basil Elton vandrer ombord på skibet på en bro af månestråler for at følge den skæggede mand på hans sejlads, og sammen drager de af sted for at udforske en mystisk øgruppe, der er anderledes and nogen anden, man ellers kan finde i hele verden.