Howard Phillips Lovecraft, better known as H.P. Lovecraft, was an American author of horror, fantasy, poetry and science fiction, especially the subgenre known as weird fiction and many feel he is the acknowledged master of creepy, weird and unsettling stories. These are seven stories by Lovecraft that literally span his career; some being written when he was barely a teenager and one (The Shunned House) only published after he had died. Most were published in Weird Tales before 1922. Each story is unique and strange in it's own way but all of them come from the same mind that gave us the Cult of Cthulhu and other wonderful tales that generations now have enjoyed for their strangeness that resonates with our own inner fears. Some of these stories explore the depths of the human mind others the depths of human degradation and creepiness. I won't ruin the suspense by telling you which is which. Enjoy. (Summary by phil chenevert)
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Hi David. I am still fiddling with this project and have added three more stories. More may appear as we go along. The first one is now uploaded and though a strange tale, not scary at all.
the first story is up. I just found out that this one The Beast in the Cave was written when he was 14 !!!
Must have had a Thesaurus right there by his elbow. Not very impressive actually and what i would expect from a College Soph, not a High School one.
Woah ! That was a surprise noise. deleted and the file uploaded again.
I admit that I'm frankly underwhelmed with Lovecraft, both his style and his stories. I know these are his earlier stories but still they don't seem very original or scary to me. His over use of big words seems compulsive after a while. Perhaps his longer ones are better.
