The Call of Cthulhu & Other Weird Stories by H.P. Lovecraft [TRADE PAPERBACK] 1999 • Penguin Classics

The Call of Cthulhu & Other Weird Stories by H.P. Lovecraft edited with intro and notes by S.T. Joshi

TRADE PAPERBACK [1999] PENGUIN CLASSICS

Penguin classics Black Label edition.  

Book is like new and unread with very minor shelf wear to cover.

A definitive collection of stories from the unrivaled master of twentieth-century horror.

"I think it is beyond doubt that H. P. Lovecraft has yet to be surpassed as the twentieth century's greatest practitioner of the classic horror tale." - Stephen King.

Frequently imitated and widely influential, Howard Philips Lovecraft reinvented the horror genre in the 1920s, discarding ghosts and witches and instead envisioning mankind as a tiny outpost of dwindling sanity in a chaotic and malevolent universe.

S. T. Joshi, Lovecraft's preeminent interpreter, presents a selection of the master's fiction, from the early tales of nightmares and madness such as "The Outsider" to the overpowering cosmic terror of "The Call of Cthulhu." More than just a collection of terrifying tales, this volume reveals the development of Lovecraft's mesmerizing narrative style and establishes him as a canonical- and visionary-American writer.