"Dagon" is a short tale by H. P. Lovecraft that follows a man recounting a terrifying experience at sea after a maritime disaster. Stranded and alone, he encounters a vast,...

When a troubled, violent patient is brought to a psychiatric institution, a young intern becomes fascinated by the man's strange visions and inexplicable bursts of cosmic insight....

"The Beast in the Cave" follows a man who becomes lost in the enormous underground passages of Mammoth Cave during a guided tour. As his torchlight fades and the darkness closes...

A nobleman living in a decaying feudal castle is haunted by an old family curse casted by a mysterious alchemist centuries before. All the men in the family line don't live past...

In this witty early pastiche, Lovecraft adopts the voice of the eighteenth-century moralist Dr. Samuel Johnson, who claims to have survived far beyond his own century. Written in...

In "The Other Gods" by H.P. Lovecraft, the high priest Barzai the Wise embarks on a daring climb to the peak of Mount Hatheg-Kla, seeking to witness the elder gods in their...

In "The Dunwich Horror" by H.P. Lovecraft, the rural town of Dunwich becomes the center of terror when the monstrous offspring of a strange family begins to wreak havoc. Wilbur...

"The Book" is an unfinished fragment in which the narrator obtains an ancient, mysterious volume filled with strange symbols. As he studies it, bizarre and terrifying events...

"The Curse of Yig" tells the eerie story of a man named Walker Davis, who, in the early 20th century, becomes obsessed with Native American legends while living in Oklahoma....

"The Man of Stone" by H.P. Lovecraft & Hazel Heald is a short story about an unnamed narrator who recounts a mysterious encounter with a strange figure. The man, seemingly made of...