HISTORY OF THE NECRONOMICON was written in 1927 but remained unpublished until 1938, a year after Lovecraft’s death, when it appeared in Leaves, a publication by Rebel Press. Presented as a scholarly account, this short pseudo-historical essay outlines the origins and fate of the infamous Necronomicon, the fictional grimoire frequently referenced in Lovecraft’s Cthulhu Mythos.
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"The Thing on the Roof" by Robert E. Howard | A Cthulhu Mythos Story
THE THING ON THE ROOF is a Cthulhu Mythos short story by Robert E. Howard, first published in the February 1932 edition of Weird Tales Magazine. The story tells of a man and his quest for a lost temple known as the 'Temple of the Toad'.
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"The Return of the Sorcerer" by Clark Ashton Smith | A Cthulhu Mythos Story
THE RETURN OF THE SORCERER is a Cthulhu Mythos horror story by American author, Clark Ashton Smith. The tale first appeared in "Strange Tales of Mystery and Terror" in 1931, and tells of a scholarly recluse, who hires an individual to translate passages from his copy of the Necronomicon.
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"The Dreams in the Witch House" by H. P. Lovecraft | A Cthulhu Mythos Story
THE DREAMS IN THE WITCH HOUSE is a Cthulhu Mythos story, written in 1932 and first published in the July 1933 issue of Weird Tales.The story follows Walter Gilman, a student of mathematics and folklore at Miskatonic University, who rents a room in the infamous Witch House of Arkham. The house was once home to Keziah Mason, a 17th-century witch rumoured to have escaped from Salem through non-Euclidean geometry.
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"The Alchemist" by H. P. Lovecraft
THE ALCHEMIST is a gothic horror short story first written in 1908 when Lovecraft was just 17 years old. It was later published in the United Amateur in November 1916.The story follows Antoine, the last in a noble lineage plagued by a sinister curse. For centuries, the men of his family have all mysteriously died at the age of 32. Antoine, approaching this doomed age himself, delves into the history of his ancestors and discovers a vengeful alchemist who centuries ago placed a powerful curse upon his bloodline.
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