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The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories

A definitive collection of stories from the unrivaled master of twentieth-century horror in a Penguin Classics Deluxe edition with cover art by Travis Louie.

"I think it is beyond doubt that H. P. Lovecraft has yet to be surpassed as the twentieth century's greatest practitioner of the classic horror tale." -Stephen King

Frequently imitated and widely influential, Howard Philips Lovecraft reinvented the horror genre in the 1920s, discarding ghosts and witches and instead envisioning mankind as a tiny outpost of dwindling sanity in a chaotic and malevolent universe. S. T. Joshi, Lovecraft's preeminent interpreter, presents a selection of the master's fiction, from the early tales of nightmares and madness such as "The Outsider" to the overpowering cosmic terror of "The Call of Cthulhu." More than just a collection of terrifying tales, this volume reveals the development of Lovecraft's mesmerizing narrative style and establishes him as a canonical- and visionary-American writer.

Table of Contents:

Introduction - (1999) - essay by S. T. Joshi
Suggestions for Further Reading - (1999) - essay by S. T. Joshi
A Note on the Text - (1999) - essay by S. T. Joshi
Dagon - (1919)
The Statement of Randolph Carter - (1920)
Facts Concerning the Late Arthur Jermyn and His Family - (1987) - (variant of The White Ape 1920)
Celephaïs - (1922)
Nyarlathotep - (1920)
The Picture in the House - (1919)
The Outsider - (1926)
Herbert West--Reanimator - (1922)
The Hound - (1924)
The Rats in the Walls - (1924)
The Festival - (1925)
He - (1926)
Cool Air - (1928)
The Call of Cthulhu - (1928)
The Colour Out of Space - (1927)
The Whisperer in Darkness - (1931)
The Shadow Over Innsmouth - (1936)
The Haunter of the Dark - (1936)
Explanatory Notes - (1999) - essay by S. T. Joshi

The Three Impostors

Call of Cthulhu: Book 12

Arthur Machen

Arthur Machen (1863-1947), popular Welsh writer of the bizarre and fantastic, created some of the finest horror stories ever written. On the surface, everything appears normal and cheerful in this bustling suburb of neatly laid out homes and well-trimmed hedges. But nothing is really as it seems. For in this world of impostors, conspiracies combine with dark forces to veil a once-ordinary London neighborhood in a cloud of mystery and fear.

A masterpiece of Gothic horror and suspense that inspired such writers as H. P. Lovecraft, The Three Impostors is Machen's famous collection of "weird tales" — a string of shocking short stories woven together with a fine narrative thread. Rich with terror, adventure, satire, deception, and dreamlike fantasy, it is a classic of occult literature written by a stylistic master.