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Lovecraft writes about the short story in a letter to Clark Ashton Smith dated October 22, 1933: "A few months ago, I had a dream about an evil clergyman in the attic filled with forbidden books". The evil clergyman was extracted from a letter to Bernard Austin Dwyer. The latter copied a fragment of the correspondence and titled it "The Wicked Clergyman."

Story about a scientist who discovers a deadly species of fly in Africa and wishes to use it for the elimination of an adversary. He disregards the superstitions of the Africans who believe that the soul of the one killed by this "devilish fly" enters the body of the insect.

In May 1931, Lovecraft visited the town of Dunedin, where his acquaintance, Henry St. Clair Whitehead, lived. It was during this time or shortly thereafter that he assisted him with "The Trap." About three-quarters of the story is the work of the writer from Providence—compact sentences at some point transform into elaborate, descriptive paragraphs entirely in the style of Lovecraft. HPL also admits at some point that he enriched the work with the main theme.

The unlucky traveler loses his way and ends up at a dilapidated estate. The owner of the property tells him the story of when, in his youth, he brought his wife back from a trip to France. The woman brought ruin to the household and its residents. No one knew what she truly was.

"El extraño", o "El intruso" (título original: The Outsider), es un cuento de terror, escrito en 1921 y publicado en 1926, por el autor Howard Phillips Lovecraft. H. P. Lovecraft, es uno de los principales y más creativos escritores del género de terror; se dio a destacar, gracias a su horror que va más allá de lo terrestre y de lo natural, valiéndose de un gran ingenio, originalidad y un estilo barroco, con el que crea maravillas, que atrapan a quien lo lee, tanto por la trama, como por los adjetivos usados.

Edgar Allan Poe: The Telltale Heart, The Masque of the Red Death, The Black Cat, The Raven, The Casque of Amontillado, Berenice.

H. P. Lovecraft’s name is synonymous with horror fiction. His major inspiration and invention was cosmic horror: the idea that life is incomprehensible to human minds and that the universe is fundamentally alien. This collection contains 24 Lovecraft works that are in the public domain. View our entire collection of podcasts at www.solgood.orgThis is a Librivox Recording. All Librivox recordings are in the public domain.

Lo scienziato e filosofo Crawford Tillinghast ha inventato una macchina che, potenziando fino all'estremo le capacità percettive della ghiandola pineale, lo catapulta in una dimensione parallela popolata da entità indefinibili e spaventose. Ma l'esperimento sfugge al suo controllo e... Considerato uno dei padri della fantascienza americana e, in particolare, del genere New Weird, Lovecraft riesce a far sprofondare l'ascoltatore in un mondo fatto di visioni inquietanti. Scritto nel 1920, questo racconto ha ispirato nel 1986 un film di successo: "From Beyond - Terrore dall'ignoto".

Los cuentos de terror deben provocar en el lector el temor a lo desconocido. Sin duda, H.P Lovecraft lo genera en cada una de sus historias. Reconocido como uno de los autores más influyentes de la literatura fantástica, cada uno de sus cuentos son una puerta abierta al estremecimiento. Creador del estilo horror cósmico, su obra mezcla elementos de la ciencia ficción, tales como extraterrestres, viajes en el tiempo y dimensiones paralelas, con las historias de terror sobrenatural.

Nuestro protagonista es un adicto a las drogas, dominado por ideas suicidas desde un incidente que le ocurrió durante la guerra, cuando era oficial de la Marina mercante. Cuando su barco iba ser capturado por los alemanes, consiguió escapar en una lancha salvavidas. Navegó a la deriva durante varios días, hasta que encalló en una especie de tierra, que era negra hasta donde alcanzaba la vista. Había allí toda clase de seres indescriptibles.

The mad scientist invents a chemical substance that transforms living beings into white ashes.

The main character lost three basic senses and the ability to use their legs during the war. Subconsciously, they feel a malevolent presence in their home and document their experiences on a typewriter.

The tale of a necrophiliac whose preferences are not understood by the owners of successive funeral homes employing him.

It is difficult to call The Unnamed a story. It is more like a fictionalized literary essay, a precursor to a future series of essays titled In Defence of Dagon, in which Lovecraft will present a theory of the supernatural story and attempt to prove that horror literature should not be dismissed as exclusively immature, targeted at the masses.

Durante un viaggio nel Missouri meridionale un uomo chiede ospitalità al solitario occupante di un’antica villa padronale caduta in completa rovina. Nel corso della notte il visitatore viene informato dall’ospitante delle sventure piombate sulla vecchia casa dopo lo sfortunato matrimonio del figlio Denis con una donna francese, Marceline, da tempo conosciuta nei circoli esoterici parigini per essersi proclamata sacerdotessa di un culto ancestrale tributato ai serpenti.

The crew of a fishing trawler kills a strange creature. Its remains are presented at an exhibition. From the depths of the sea, terrible revenge soon approaches...

In den Kriegswirren eskaliert die Situation an Bord des deutschen U-Bootes U29.

England, ausgehendes 19. Jahrhundert: Angezogen vom Okkulten und Jenseitigen reisen zwei englische Künstler nach Holland, um die Ruhestätte eines Grabschänders zu plündern.

Die Gruselkabinett Hörspiel Box 17 beinhaltet die Geschichten: "Gesellschafterin gesucht" von Mary Elizabeth Braddon, "Der Schatten über Innsmouth" von H.P. Lovecraft und "Die Legende von Sleepy Hollow" von Washington Irving.

Es ist wahr, ich habe meinem besten Freund in jener regnerischen Nacht Anfang Februar des Jahres 1933 sechs Kugeln durch den Kopf gejagt und doch hoffe ich, beweisen zu können, dass ich nicht sein Mörder bin. Sicherlich werden manche denken, dass ich bloß ein Verrückter bin sogar noch verrückter als der Mann, den ich in seiner Zelle im Arkham Sanatorium erschossen habe. Andere hingegen werden, wenn sie meinen Bericht gehört haben, anerkennen, dass ich gar keine andere Wahl hatte, nachdem ich das grauenhafte Beweisstück gesehen hatte ...