The Call of Cthulhu And Other Stories And Other Stories

The essential literary collection of H. P. LovecraftÕs ten finest short stories, from the celebrated editor of the two-volumeÊNew Annotated H. P. Lovecraft.

An indispensable collection of the best of one of literatureÕs Òmost critically fascinating and yet enigmatic figuresÓ (Alan Moore), featuring H. P. LovecraftÕs most bone-chilling tales, including: ÒDagonÓ, ÒThe OutsiderÓ, ÒThe Music of Erich ZannÓ, ÒThe Rats in the WallsÓ, ÒThe Call of Cthulhu", ÒThe Colour Out of SpaceÓ, ÒThe Dunwich HorrorÓ, ÒThe Shadow over InnsmouthÓ, ÒThe Shadow Out of TimeÓ and ÒThe Haunter of the DarkÓ.

Though he died an unknown, dejected pulp-magazine writer in 1937, Howard Phillips Lovecraft is now considered the first great Ògenius of weird fictionÓ (Peter Straub). There is no better guide through the peculiarities of his universe than Leslie S. Klinger, whose work as annotator of the Òexciting and definitiveÓ (Danielle Trussoni, New York Times Book Review) New Annotated H. P. Lovecraft has proven him a leading Lovecraft scholar. Keenly aware of the authorÕs inspiration of Òdozens_hundreds_of stories written by others playing in [his] galactic sandbox,Ó Klinger now presents this essential readerÕs edition for both fanatics and newcomers to the canon. Equipped with explanatory annotations and sharp historical insight, this highly accessible?collection features LovecraftÕs ten most profound and unnerving short stories. From the early tale ÒDagonÓ to the mature and sprawling ÒThe Haunter of the Dark,Ó these expertly curated stories built a Lovecraftian sense of dread that has reverberated in the world of horror literature for generations: that all of us are ÒoutsidersÓ in the universe.

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