Weird and Horrific Stories

H. P. Lovecraft's Weird and Horrific Stories (2021) is a collection of his finest early work, published in pulp literary magazines. It includes "The Alchemist," "Dagon," and "The Cats of Ulthar," and is reimagined for modern readers with a beautiful design and typeset manuscript.

Format: Hardback
Length: 332 pages
Publication date: 24 November 2022
Publisher: West Margin Press

Weird and Horrific Stories (2021) is a compilation of some of H. P. Lovecraft's finest early work. While his reputation as one of the world's greatest writers of horror and weird fiction remains uncontested, much of his writing was published in pulp literary magazines such as Argosy, the United Amateur, and Weird Tales, making it difficult to find proper collections. Weird and Horrific Stories seeks to bridge this gap for modern readers, bringing them face-to-face with some of Lovecraft's most terrifying creations.

"The Alchemist," originally written in 1908 and published in 1916, is the story of Count Antoine, whose ancestors were cursed after killing a fearsome dark wizard named Michel Mauvais. Every generation since has seen the death of its male members at the age of thirty-two, an age fast approaching for Antoine. Lonely and terrified, he sets out to put an end to the cycle of death and suffering.

"Dagon," which appeared in The Vagrant in 1919, is a story told by a morphine-addicted man who survived a terrible shipwreck during the First World War. In "The Cats of Ulthar," published in 1920, an unnamed narrator recounts the legal history of the town of Ulthar, which once was the home to a sadistic couple known for their obsession with torturing and killing housecats.

Weird and Horrific Stories collects over thirty stories written at the height of Lovecraft's career. With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of H. P. Lovecraft's Weird and Horrific Stories is a classic work of American horror reimagined for modern readers.

Dimension: 203 x 127 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781513133829