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The Great Old Ones

Author : H. P. Lovecraft
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 770 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2017-11-15
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1979588155

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The Great Old Ones by H. P. Lovecraft Pdf

Read the collected works of H. P. Lovecraft, one of modern horror's founding fathers, the original master of the supernatural and macabre! This wonderfully composed book contains the complete fiction collection of H. P. Lovecraft's writings. Also included are H. P. Lovecraft's collaborations with other writers of weird fiction. Read The Great Old Ones and see why Lovecraft's writings have influenced almost every writer of horror, fantasy, and science fiction in the second half of the twentieth century. His work inspired such later luminaries as Stephen King, Ramsey Campbell, Bentley Little, Joe R. Lansdale, Alan Moore, Junji Ito, F. Paul Wilson, Brian Lumley, Thomas Ligotti, Caitlín R. Kiernan, William S. Burroughs, and Neil Gaiman. In his own time, Lovecraft also influenced a wide range of his peers including Robert Bloch (Psycho), Clark Ashton Smith, and Robert E. Howard (Conan the Barbarian series). Once you read his works, you will see why Stephen King called Lovecraft "the twentieth century's greatest practitioner of the classic horror tale." The following novellas, stories, and works of short fiction are included in this massive ebook: Notes on Writing Weird Fiction The Alchemist The Beast in the Cave The Tomb Dagon Polaris Beyond the Wall of Sleep Memory Old Bugs The Little Glass Bottle The Transition of Juan Romero The White Ship The Doom That Came to Sarnath The Statement of Randolph Carter The Terrible Old Man The Tree The Cats of Ulthar The Temple Facts Concerning the Late Arthur Jermyn and His Family The Street Celephaïs From Beyond Nyarlathotep The Picture in the House Ex Oblivione The Mysterious Ship The Mystery of the Grave-Yard or "A Dead Man's Revenge" The Nameless City The Quest of Iranon The Moon-Bog The Outsider The Other Gods Pickman's Model The Music of Erich Zann Herbert West - Reanimator Hypnos What the Moon Brings Azathoth The Hound The Lurking Fear The Rats in the Walls A Reminiscence of Dr. Samuel Johnson The Secret Cave, or John Lees Adventure Sweet Ermengarde Or, the Heart of a Country Girl The Unnamable The Festival The Shunned House The Horror at Red Hook He In the Vault The Descendant Cool Air The Call of Cthulhu The Silver Key The Strange High House in the Mist The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath The Case of Charles Dexter Ward The Colour Out of Space The Very Old Folk The Thing in the Moonlight Ibid The Dunwich Horror The Whisperer in Darkness At the Mountains of Madness The Shadow Over Innsmouth The Dreams in the Witch House The Thing on the Doorstep The Evil Clergyman The Book The Shadow Out of Time The Haunter of the Dark The History of the Necronomicon The Battle That Ended the Century The Challenge from Beyond Collapsing Cosmoses The Crawling Chaos The Curse of Yig The Diary of Alonzo Typer The Disinterment The Electric Executioner The Green Meadow The Hoard of The Wizarrd-Beast The Horror at Martin's Beach The Horror in the Burying-Ground The Horror in the Museum In the Walls of Eryx The Last Test The Man of Stone Medusa's Coil The Mound The Night Ocean Out of the Aeons Poetry and the Gods The Slaying of the Monster Through the Gates of the Silver Key Till A' the Seas The Trap The Tree on the Hill Two Black Bottles Imprisoned with the Pharaohs Winged Death As an added bonus, this edition contains an illuminating introduction on weird fiction by the master himself entitled Notes on Writing Weird Fiction.

The Great Old Ones

Author : Marcus L. Rowland,Kevin Ross
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0933635389

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The Great Old Ones by Marcus L. Rowland,Kevin Ross Pdf

"The Great Old Ones" consists of a set of six scenarios for Call of Cthulhu: "The Spawn" is in the Wild West, with Indians, Wobblies, and bad guys; "Still Waters" is an adventure for people who hate to lend books; "Tell Me, Have You Seen the Yellow Sign?" makes a symbolic stop-over in New Orleans; "One In Darkness" features South Boston hoodlums; "The Pale God" introduces investigators to an unusual contract; "Bad Moon Rising" is an experience to remember. The adventures can be presented in sequence, as a loose campaign; limited cross-references allow the scenarios to stand independently.

The Horror from the Hills

Author : Frank Belknap Long
Publisher : Howling Wolf Enterprises, DBA Isle Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2009-03
Category : Pulp literature, American
ISBN : 0972925805

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The Horror from the Hills by Frank Belknap Long Pdf

One of the early works of pulp terror, The Horror from the Hills is the legendary first tale of the Cthulhu Mythos. It is drawn from the disturbing nightmares of Belknap Long's friend and colleague, H. P. Lovecraft, the master writer of supernatural fiction of the modern age. A blood-sucking demon from the fourth dimension is mistakenly exhibited in a Manhattan museum and feasts on the blood of its admirers. This influential tale of extraterrestrial terror, a bestseller in the 1930s and 1940s, has been out of print for more than three decades. In a relatively short narrative, Long takes us from the remotest origins of our common culture, to the center of civilized mid-twentieth-century, to the cutting edges of contemporary technology to bring us face to face with horrible bloodsucking malevolence. We are fortunate that Chaugnar Faugn is a creation of fiction, drawn from one dark mind into another's pen.

At the Mountains of Madness

Author : H. P. Lovecraft
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2022-11-13
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:8596547390909

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At the Mountains of Madness by H. P. Lovecraft Pdf

At the Mountains of Madness is a story, which details the events of a disastrous expedition to the Antarctic continent in September 1930 and what was found there by a group of explorers led by the narrator, Dr. William Dyer of Miskatonic University. Throughout the story, Dyer details a series of previously untold events in the hope of deterring another group of explorers who wish to return to the continent. The title is derived from a line in "The Hashish Man," a short story by fantasy writer Edward Plunkett, Lord Dunsany: "And we came at last to those ivory hills that are named the Mountains of Madness..." Howard Phillips Lovecraft (1890-1937) was an American author who achieved posthumous fame through his influential works of horror fiction. He is now regarded as one of the most significant 20th-century authors in his genre. Some of Lovecraft's work was inspired by his own nightmares. His interest started from his childhood days when his grandfather would tell him Gothic horror stories.

The Klarkash-Ton Cycle

Author : Clark Ashton Smith
Publisher : Call of Cthulhu Fiction
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Fiction
ISBN : UOM:39015081739180

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The Klarkash-Ton Cycle by Clark Ashton Smith Pdf

Eleven Lovecraftian tales by Clark Ashton Smith. Includes The Ghoul, Hunters from Beyond, Ubbo-Sathla, Vulthoom, The Infernal Star, and others. Selected and introduced by Robert M. Price. This book is part of an expanding collection of Cthulhu Mythos horror fiction and related topics. Call of Cthulhu fiction focuses on single entities, concepts, or authors significant to readers and fans of H.P. Lovecraft.

Sinbad and the Great Old Ones

Author : Gavin Chappell
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2016-04-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1530862159

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Sinbad and the Great Old Ones by Gavin Chappell Pdf

Shipwrecked while escorting the Princess of Serendip to her bridegroom, Sinbad discovers that she has been abducted by the wicked magician, Abdul Alhazred, who plans to sacrifice her in an attempt to open a dimensional gate and summon the Great Old Ones-demonic gods from beyond the stars. Accompanied by a motley crew of alchemists and slave girls, princes and policemen, Sinbad sets out to foil the evil sorcerer's plot. The journey will take them from lost desert cities to mysterious jungle islands, from the streets of Samarkand to the fabled Plateau of Leng, until at last Sinbad alone stands between the peoples of the Earth and slavery to the forces of cosmic evil...

Cthulhu's Reign

Author : Darrell Schweitzer
Publisher : Astra Publishing House
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2010-04-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781101186718

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Cthulhu's Reign by Darrell Schweitzer Pdf

All original stories about the return of Cthulhu and the Old Ones to Earth. Some of the darkest hints in all of H.P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos relate to what will happen after the Old Ones return and take over the earth. What happens when Cthulhu is unleashed upon the world? What happens when the other Old Ones, long since banished from our universe, break through and descend from the stars? What would the reign of Cthulhu be like on a totally transformed planet where mankind is no longer the master? Find out in these exciting, brand-new stories.

Four Against the Great Old Ones

Author : Marco Arnaudo
Publisher : Independently Published
Page : 80 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2020-09-20
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798688341720

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Four Against the Great Old Ones by Marco Arnaudo Pdf

Forty days from now, a dark cult will congregate somewhere in the United States to summon a cosmic entity of infinite horror! The only hope for the world is a group of four intrepid investigators who will stop at nothing to find the necessary clues, identify the cult, and stop the great ritual before it is too late! Four Against the Great Old Ones is a game of Lovecraftian dread and horror set in the 1930s. It is an old-school pen-and-paper game that can be enjoyed in solitaire, cooperatively, or as an RPG-lite. It is a standalone game based on the Four against Darkness system, modified to include Insanity, Helpers, 8 new main characters, a unique clue system, 6 possible final encounters (each a full mini-game), and more. Narrative-driven and true to its source material, Four Against the Great Old Ones will provide you with a deep immersion in Lovecraft's world. The game is designed to be challenging, and will require determination, bravery, skill, and favorable astral alignments to win. Do you dare to pursue this dangerous investigation? Do you dare to face the Great Old Ones?

H. P. Lovecraft Cthulhu Mythos Tales

Author : H. P. Lovecraft
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 624 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2024-04-16
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781667200088

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H. P. Lovecraft Cthulhu Mythos Tales by H. P. Lovecraft Pdf

The complete Cthulhu Mythos by master horror writer H. P. Lovecraft, now with a creatively embroidered cover. The Cthulhu Mythos is a collection of 23 loosely connected short stories by H. P. Lovecraft, one of the earliest masters of dark fantasy and horror. From “Dagon” to “The Call of Cthulhu” to “The Haunter of the Dark,” each story connects to the ancient cosmic entities known as the Great Old Ones, buried in a deep sleep beneath the earth and incomprehensible to mankind. For the few mortals who dare to glimpse this unknowable world, the result is a complete disconnection from what was once considered reality. Lovecraft’s stories are grim, fantastical, dark, horrifying—and yet endlessly fascinating. This Crafted Classics edition features a decorative cover to give the book a unique embroidered appearance.

Elder Gods of Antiquity

Author : M. Don Schorn
Publisher : Ozark Mountain Publishing
Page : 520 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : History
ISBN : 1886940991

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The Dunwich Horror

Author : H. P. Lovecraft
Publisher : Memorable Classics Books
Page : 54 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2023-08-31
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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The Dunwich Horror by H. P. Lovecraft Pdf

The Dunwich Horror by H. P. Lovecraft Audiobook is a horror novella by American writer H. P. Lovecraft. Written in 1928, it was first published in the April 1929 issue of Weird Tales (pp. 481–508). It takes place in Dunwich, a fictional town in Massachusetts. It is considered one of the core stories of the Cthulhu Mythos. Plot: In the desolate, decrepit Massachusetts village of Dunwich, Wilbur Whateley is the hideous son of Lavinia Whateley, a deformed and unstable albino, and an unknown father. Strange events surround Wilbur's birth and precocious development; he matures at an abnormal rate, reaching manhood within a decade. Locals shun him and his family, and animals fear and despise him due to an unnatural, inhuman odor emanating from his body. All the while his grandfather, a sorcerer named Old Whateley, indoctrinates him into certain dark rituals and the study of witchcraft. Various locals grow suspicious after Old Whateley buys more and more cattle, yet the number of his herd never increases and the cattle in his field become mysteriously afflicted with severe open wounds. Wilbur and Old Whateley have sequestered an unseen entity at their farmhouse; this entity is connected somehow to a being known as Yog-Sothoth, which is Wilbur's father. Year by year, the entity grows to monstrous proportions, requiring the two men to make frequent modifications to the farmhouse. People begin to notice a trend of cattle mysteriously disappearing. Old Whateley eventually dies, and his mother disappears soon after. The colossal entity eventually occupies the entire interior of the farmhouse. Wilbur ventures to Miskatonic University in Arkham to procure the copy of the Necronomicon – Miskatonic's library is one of only a handful in the world to stock an original. The Necronomicon has spells that Wilbur can use to summon the Old Ones, but his family's copy is damaged and lacks the page he needs to open the "door". When the librarian, Dr. Henry Armitage, refuses to release the university's copy to him (and by sending warnings to other libraries thwarts Wilbur's efforts to consult their copies), Wilbur breaks into the library under the cover of night to steal it.

The Old Ones in the Old Book

Author : Philip West
Publisher : John Hunt Publishing
Page : 155 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2012-06-29
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9781780991726

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The Old Ones in the Old Book by Philip West Pdf

The Hebrew Old Testament, which contains some of the world s most ancient religious texts, was written and repeatedly re-edited over the course of several centuries from about 1000 BCE. It reached its final form at the hands of editors who were monotheists. They believed that their god Yahweh was the only true God, and that he had been worshipped exclusively by their ancestors from the time of Abraham. They edited their sources to reflect this belief. However, we can strip away this veneer of later monotheism to view the ancient stories themselves. These bear witness to Israelite religion as practised before 600 BCE. Far from being monotheistic, this religion was a fascinating polytheistic paganism, close to the religion of the surrounding Canaanites. In this religion, Yahweh, far from being God as understood by modern western monotheism, was a distinctive tribal deity. This book will be of particular interest to the large numbers of western people who come from a broadly Christian or Jewish background but have left those faiths behind to explore paganism or New Age spirituality. ,

Call of Cthulhu of Elder Gods and Other Things

Author : Rob Crocker,Veronica Kegel-giglio
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 122 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2017-05-02
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 154322895X

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Call of Cthulhu of Elder Gods and Other Things by Rob Crocker,Veronica Kegel-giglio Pdf

"The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown." H. P. Lovecraft, Supernatural Horror in Literature A collection of H.P. Lovecraft-inspired tales of some of the best Dark Moon Press authors. The often found theme in Lovecraft's work is the complete irrelevance of mankind in the face of the cosmic terrors lurking at the outskirts of our universe. Lovecraft made frequent reference to the "Great Old Ones" a race of ancient, powerful deities from space who once ruled the Earth and who are in a deathlike slumber in the depths of the ocean. This was first established in The Call of Cthulhu, in which the minds of the human characters deteriorated when afforded a glimpse of what exists outside their perceived reality.

Only the End of the World Again

Author : Neil Gaiman,P. Craig Russel
Publisher : Dark Horse Comics
Page : 154 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2018-02-06
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : 9781506706139

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Only the End of the World Again by Neil Gaiman,P. Craig Russel Pdf

From the Hugo, Bram Stoker, Locus, World Fantasy, and Nebula award-winning, and New York Times bestselling writer Neil Gaiman (American Gods), this fantasy story blends the worlds of H.P. Lovecraft and Roger Zelazny. This new edition of Only the End of the World Again features a brand new cover, in a new deluxe hardcover format; with bonus material including high res scans of the inks and layouts. The story features an adjustor, Lawrence Talbot who recently sets up shop in Innsmouth only to discover that the world may be ending and that the instrument of destruction is a werewolf.

The Ancient Ones

Author : Cassandra Thompson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2020-10-31
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1735686328

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The Ancient Ones by Cassandra Thompson Pdf

When David stumbles upon a tragic young woman in a sordid Limehouse pub, he has no idea she'd recognize him as the last vampyre alive, nor that she'd be the one to pull out his story. Yet as he recalls his life from the sweltering vineyards of Ancient Rome to the cold horrors of Medieval Romania - as well as his tumultuous past with the mad and mysterious Lucius - he realizes she is much more than what she seems. Gothic horror and mythological fantasy blend seamlessly together in this thrilling adventure, breathing new life into vampire lore as it reveals its true origins. The Ancient Ones is a tale of myth, mayhem, and magic ... with a dash of romance that bites.