Crypt of Cosmic Carnage

ebook The Very Best Weird Fiction 1917-1935

By H.P. Lovecraft

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"Crypt Of Cosmic Carnage" collects over 50 classic works of weird fiction by the legendary H P Lovecraft, presenting a definitive anthology of his very best and most important writings. The book is arranged in three sections: 1. CTHULHU MYTHOS examines the key cosmic deities created by Lovecraft, with every story in which they appear or are referenced. Including Azathoth, Cthulhu, The Deep Ones, Nyarlathotep, Shub-Niggurath, Yog-Sothoth, plus black bible The Necronomicon. Stories include: “Azathoth” (1922), “Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath” (1927), “Dreams in the Witch-House” (1932), “Thing on the Doorstep” (1933), “Haunter of the Dark” (1935), “Call of Cthulhu” (1926), “Dunwich Horror” (1928), “Whisperer in Darkness” (1930), “At the Mountains of Madness” (1931), “Dagon” (1917), “Shadow over Innsmouth” (1931), “Nameless City” (1921), “The Hound” (1922), “History of the Necronomicon” (1927), “Nyarlathotep” (1920), “The Rats in the Walls” (1923), “Shadow out of Time” (1935), “The Last Test” (1927), “The Mound” (1929), “Out of the Aeons” (1933), “The Curse of Yig” (1928), “The Case of Charles Dexter Ward” (1927), “Horror in the Museum” (1932), and “Through the Gates of the Silver Key” (1933). 2. DREAM CYCLE examines Lovecraft's stories of oneiric worlds and cosmic horror, including the bizarre psychedelic trips of Randolph Carter. Stories include: “Polaris” (1918), “The White Ship” (1919), “The Doom That Came to Sarnath” (1919), “The Statement of Randolph Carter (1919), “Beyond the Wall of Sleep” (1919), “Crawling Chaos” (1920), “The Cats of Ulthar” (1920), “Celephaïs” (1920), “Ex Oblivione” (1920), “The Quest of Iranon” (1921), “The Other Gods” (1921), “Hypnos” (1922), “The Unnameable” (1923), “The Silver Key” (1926), and “The Strange High House in the Mist” (1926). 3. PULP HORROR presents a gruesome array of more traditional terrors, including tales of cannibals, ghouls, the walking dead, and disease from outer space. Stories include: "From Beyond" (1920), "The Picture in the House" (1920), "The Outsider" (1921), "The Music of Erich Zann" (1921), "Herbert West, Reanimator' (1921-22), "The Lurking Fear" (1922), "What the Moon Brings" (1923), "The Shunned House" (1924), "The Horror at Red Hook" (1925), "Pickman's Model" (1926), and "The Color out of Space" (1927). With additional introductory texts by Colin Wilson and DM Mitchell, "Crypt Of Cosmic Carnage" is the essential Lovecraft ebook, and a key collection in the history of literary horror.

Crypt of Cosmic Carnage