Authors: H.P. Lovecraft
‘The Green Meadow’ originally published (as Translated by Elizabeth Neville Berkeley and Lewis Theobald, Jr) in
The Vagrant
, Spring 1927.
‘Nathicana’, originally published in
The Vagrant
, Spring 1927.
‘Two Black Bottles’ originally published in
Weird Tales
, August 1927.
‘The Last Test’ originally published in
Weird Tales
, November 1928. (A revision of ‘A Sacrifice to Science’, originally published in
In the Confessional and the Following
, 1893.)
‘The Wood’, originally published (as by Lewis Theobold, Jr) in
The Tryout
, Vol.11, No.2, January 1929.
‘The Ancient Track’, originally published in
Weird Tales
, March 1930.
‘The Electric Executioner’ originally published in
Weird Tales
, August 1930. (A revision of ‘The Automatic Executioner’, originally published in
The Wave
, November 14, 1891.)
‘Fungi from Yuggoth’
‘1: The Book’, originally published in
The Fantasy Fan
Vol.2, No.2, October 1934.‘2: Pursuit’, originally published in
The Fantasy Fan
Vol.2, No.2, October 1934.‘3: The Key’, originally published in
The Fantasy Fan
Vol.2, No.5, January 1935.‘4: Recognition’, originally published in
Driftwind
Vol.11, No.5, December 1936.‘5: Homecoming’, originally published in
The Fantasy Fan
Vol.2, No.6, January 1935.‘6: The Lamp’, originally published in
Driftwind
Vol.5, No.5, March 1931.‘7: Zaman’s Hill’, originally published in
Driftwind
Vol.9, No.4, October 1934.‘8: The Port’, originally published in
Driftwind
Vol.5, No.3, November 1930.‘9: The Courtyard’, originally published in
Weird Tales
, September 1930.‘10: The Pigeon-Flyers’, originally published in
Beyond the Wall of Sleep
(1943).‘11: The Well’, originally published in
The Providence Journal
Vol.102, No.116, May 14, 1930.‘12: The Howler’ originally published in
Driftwind
Vol.7, No.3, November 1932.‘13: Hesperia’, originally published in
Weird Tales
, October 1930.‘14: Star-Winds’, originally published in
Weird Tales
, September 1930.‘15: Antarktos’, originally published in
Weird Tales
, November 1930.‘16: The Window’, originally published in
Driftwind
, April 1931.‘17: A Memory’, originally published (as ‘Memory’ by Lewis Theobold) in
The United Co-operative
, April 1921.‘18: The Gardens of Yin’, originally published in
Driftwind
, March 1932.‘19: The Bells’, originally published in
Weird Tales
, December 1930.‘20: Night-Gaunts’ originally published in
The Providence Journal
, March 26, 1930.‘21: Nyarlathotep’, originally published in
The United Amateur
, November 1920.‘22: Azathoth’, originally published in
Weird Tales
, January 1931.‘23: Mirage’, originally published in
Weird Tales
, February–March 1931.‘24: The Canal’, originally published in
Driftwind
, March 1932.‘25: St Toads’, originally published in
Beyond the Wall of Sleep
(1943).‘26: The Familiars’, originally published in
Driftwind
, July 1930.‘27: The Elder Pharos’, originally published in
Weird Tales
, February–March 1931.‘28: Expectancy’, originally published in
Beyond the Wall of Sleep
(1943).‘29: Nostalgia’, originally published in
The Providence Journal
, March 12, 1930.‘30: Background’, originally published in
The Providence Journal
, April 16, 1930.‘31: The Dweller’, originally published in
The Providence Journal
, May 7, 1930.‘32: Alienation’, originally published in
Weird Tales
, April–May 1931.‘33: Harbour Whistles’, originally published in
The Silver Fern
, May 1930.‘34: Recapture’, originally published in
Weird Tales
, May 1930.‘35: Evening Star’, originally published in
Beyond the Wall of Sleep
(1943).‘36: Continuity’, originally published in
Causerie
, February 1936.
‘The Trap’ originally published in
Strange Tales of Mystery and Terror
, Vol.2, No.1, March 1932.
‘The Other Gods’, originally published in
The Fantasy Fan
Vol.1, No.3, November 1933.
‘The Quest of Iranon’, originally published in
The Galleon
Vol.1, No.5, July–August 1935.
‘The Challenge from Beyond’, originally published in
Fantasy Magazine
Vol.5, No.4, September 1935. ‘Fragment from the Eltdown Shards’ was originally written for ‘The Sealed Casket’ by Richard F. Searight (
Weird Tales
, March 1935), but omitted from the published version.
‘In a Sequester’d Providence Churchyard Where Once Poe Walk’d’, originally published in
Four Acrostic Sonnets on Edgar Allan Poe
(1936).
‘Ibid’, originally published in
O-Wash-Ta-Nong
Vol.3, No.1, January 1938.
‘Azathoth’, originally published in
Leaves
No.2, 1938.
‘The Descendant’, originally published in
Leaves
No.2, 1938.
‘The Book’, originally published in
Leaves
No.2, 1938.
‘The Messenger’, originally published in
Weird Tales
, July 1938.
‘The Evil Clergyman’, originally published (as ‘The Wicked Clergyman’) in
Weird Tales
, April 1939.
‘The Very Old Folk’, originally published in
Scienti-Snaps
Vol.3, No.3, Summer 1940.
‘The Thing in the Moonlight’, originally published in
Bizarre
Vol.4, No.1, January 1941.
‘The Transition of Juan Romero’, originally published in
Marginalia
(1944).
‘Supernatural Horror in Literature’, originally published in
The Recluse
(1927) and
The Fantasy Fan
, October 1933–February 1935.
‘Afterword: Lovecraft in Britain’ copyright © Stephen Jones 2007, 2011. Originally published in slightly different form in
H.P. Lovecraft in Britain: A Monograph.
Reprinted by permission of the author.
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CONTENTS
A Reminiscence of Dr Samuel Johnson
Poetry and the Gods (with Anna Helen Crofts)
Facts Concerning the Late Arthur Jermyn and His Family
The Crawling Chaos (with Winifred Virginia Jackson)
The Horror at Martin’s Beach (with Sonia H. Greene)
The Green Meadow (with Winifred Virginia Jackson)
Two Black Bottles (with Wilfred Blanch Talman)
The Last Test (with Adolphe de Castro)
The Electric Executioner (with Adolphe de Castro)