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The stories in this collection (first published between 1841 to 1913) represent seven decades of development in weird fiction. They established cosmic horror as one of literature's most distinctive and disturbing genres. Together, they form an essential library of horror fiction, documenting humanity's growing awareness of its cosmic insignificance and the terrible price of that knowledge.
These tales were all highly influential, and they shaped H.P. Lovecraft's view of horror. They are the roots of his philosophy for the Cthulhu Mythos and much of his classic fiction.
Included are:
THE WILLOWS, by Algernon Blackwood
AN INHABITANT OF CARCOSA, by Ambrose Bierce
SREDNI VASHTAR, by Saki
OH, WHISTLE AND I'LL COME TO YOU, MY LAD, by M. R. James
THE NOVEL OF THE WHITE POWDER, by Arthur Machen
THE YELLOW SIGN, by Robert W. Chambers
THE DAMNED THING, by Ambrose Bierce
THE VOICE IN THE NIGHT, by William Hope Hodgson
THE HORROR OF THE HEIGHTS, by Arthur Conan Doyle
VAILA, by M. P. Shiel
LUKUNDOO, by Edward Lucas White
THE GROVE OF ASHTAROTH, by John Buchan
THE WHITE WOLF OF THE HARTZ MOUNTAINS, by Frederick Marryat
THE MAN WHO WENT TOO FAR, by E. F. Benson
THE DEAD VALLEY, by Ralph Adams Cram
MUJINA, by Lafcadio Hearn
AMOUR DURE, by Vernon Lee
LUELLA MILLER, by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman
A DESCENT INTO THE MAELSTRÖM, by Edgar Allan Poe
WHAT WAS IT? by Fitz-James O'Brien
GREEN TEA, by Joseph Sheridan LeFanu
These tales were all highly influential, and they shaped H.P. Lovecraft's view of horror. They are the roots of his philosophy for the Cthulhu Mythos and much of his classic fiction.
Included are:
THE WILLOWS, by Algernon Blackwood
AN INHABITANT OF CARCOSA, by Ambrose Bierce
SREDNI VASHTAR, by Saki
OH, WHISTLE AND I'LL COME TO YOU, MY LAD, by M. R. James
THE NOVEL OF THE WHITE POWDER, by Arthur Machen
THE YELLOW SIGN, by Robert W. Chambers
THE DAMNED THING, by Ambrose Bierce
THE VOICE IN THE NIGHT, by William Hope Hodgson
THE HORROR OF THE HEIGHTS, by Arthur Conan Doyle
VAILA, by M. P. Shiel
LUKUNDOO, by Edward Lucas White
THE GROVE OF ASHTAROTH, by John Buchan
THE WHITE WOLF OF THE HARTZ MOUNTAINS, by Frederick Marryat
THE MAN WHO WENT TOO FAR, by E. F. Benson
THE DEAD VALLEY, by Ralph Adams Cram
MUJINA, by Lafcadio Hearn
AMOUR DURE, by Vernon Lee
LUELLA MILLER, by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman
A DESCENT INTO THE MAELSTRÖM, by Edgar Allan Poe
WHAT WAS IT? by Fitz-James O'Brien
GREEN TEA, by Joseph Sheridan LeFanu