One of the most influential practitioners of American horror, H.P. Lovecraft inspired the work of Stephen King, Anne Rice, and Clive Barker. As he perfected his mastery of the macabre, his works developed from seminal fragments into acknowledged masterpieces of terror.

This volume traces his chilling career and includes:

• IMPRISONED WITH THE PHARAOHS — Houdini seeks to reveal the demons that inhabit the Egyptian night.
• AT THE MOUNTAINS OF MADNESS — An unsuspecting expedition uncovers a city of untold terror, buried beneath an Antarctic wasteland.
• Plus, for the first time in any Del Rey edition:
• HERBERT WEST: REANIMATOR — Mad experiments yield hideous results in this, the inspiration for the cult film Re-Animator.
• COOL AIR — An icy apartment hides secrets no man dares unlock.
• THE TERRIBLE OLD MAN — The intruders seek a fortune but find only death!
• And twenty-four more blood-chilling tales.

This collection spans Lovecraft’s literary career, and charts the development of his ‘cosmicist’ philosophy; the belief that behind the veil of our blinkered everyday lives lies another reality, too terrible for the human mind to comprehend. In stories written in the gothic tradition, narrators recount their descent into madness and despair. Through their investigations into the unexplained, they tug at the thin threads that separate our world from another of indescribable horror. “Great God! I never dreamed of THIS!” screams occultist Harley Warren in ‘The Statement of Randolph Carter’, as he begs his companion to bury him alive. Another early piece, ‘The Outsider’ – a tragic and emotive evocation of loneliness and desolation – follows a man’s escape from his castle in a desperate search for human contact, but the loathsome truth he discovers destroys his mind.

In later tales, such as the iconic ‘The Call of Cthulhu’ and ‘The Whisperer in Darkness’, Lovecraft reaches into the cosmos, bridging the divide between horror and science fiction. The extra-terrestrial ‘gods’ and cursed histories that would emerge from these stories now form the cornerstones of Lovecraft’s unique mythology: the Cthulhu Mythos. This fictional universe, built in large part by his friend and most ardent supporter August Derleth, has in the years since been reimagined in myriad forms, and continues to act as a haunted playground for countless illustrators, fans and authors.

This edition, based on its sister limited edition, marries Lovecraft’s best-known fiction with two modern masters of the macabre, the acclaimed artist Dan Hillier and author Alan Moore. In his beautifully crafted new preface, Moore finds Lovecraft at once at odds with and integral to the time in which he lived: ‘the improbable embodiment of an estranged world in transition’. Yet, despite his prejudices and parochialisms, he ‘possessed a voice and a perspective both unique in modern literature’.

Hillier’s six mesmerising, portal-like illustrations embrace the alien realities that lurk among the gambrel roofs of Lovecraft’s landscapes. By splicing Victorian portraits and lithographs with cosmic and Lovecraftian symbolism, each piece – like the stories themselves – pulls apart the familiar to reveal what lies beneath.

The edition itself shimmers with Lovecraft’s ‘unknown colours’, bound in purple and greens akin to both the ocean depths and mysteries from outer space. The cover is embossed with a mystical design by Hillier, while a monstrous eye stares blankly from the slipcase.

Content:

• Dagon
• The Statement of Randolph Carter
• Facts Concerning the Late Arthur Jermyn and His Family
• Celephaïs
• Nyarlathotep
• The Picture in the House
• The Outsider
• Herbert West -- Reanimator
• The Hound
• The Rats in the Walls
• The Festival
• He
• Cool Air
• The Call of Cthulhu
• The Colour Out of Space
• The Whisperer in Darkness
• The Shadow Over Innsmouth
• The Haunter of the Dark

The Dunwich Horror and Others is a collection of chilling tales by the master of horror, H.P. Lovecraft. This anthology includes some of Lovecraft's most renowned works, offering a journey into the macabre and the fantastical.

Contents:

• In the Vault - A tale of terror from the depths.
• Pickman's Model - Discover the horrifying inspiration behind a painter's work.
• The Rats in the Walls - A descent into madness and ancestral curses.
• The Outsider - A haunting story of identity and isolation.
• The Colour Out of Space - An eerie account of otherworldly phenomena.
• The Music of Erich Zann - The haunting melodies of a mysterious musician.
• The Haunter of the Dark - Darkness and dread in a forbidden church.
• The Picture in the House - A chilling discovery in a remote dwelling.
• The Call of Cthulhu - Unravel the mysteries of an ancient cosmic entity.
• The Dunwich Horror - A tale of cosmic terror and ancient rituals.
• Cool Air - A chilling story of life and death.
• The Whisperer in Darkness - Secrets from the stars and their earthly consequences.
• The Terrible Old Man - A short, eerie narrative of an enigmatic figure.
• The Thing on the Door-step - A tale of possession and sinister forces.
• The Shadow Over Innsmouth - Delve into a town's dark secrets.
• The Shadow Out of Time - A journey through time and memory.

Immerse yourself in these timeless tales of horror and wonder, where Lovecraft's imagination knows no bounds.