Anthology
H.P. Lovecraft's favorite weird tales
2005·360 pages
An anthology of horror stories selected by H.P. Lovecraft as the most chilling and cosmic, showcasing the roots of modern horror.
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An anthology of horror stories selected by H.P. Lovecraft as the most chilling and cosmic, showcasing the roots of modern horror.
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He is the author/editor of The Annotated Hobbit (Houghton Mifflin, revised 2002) and Tales Before Tolkien: The Roots of Modern Fantasy (Ballantine, 2003), and is Cold Spring Press's series editor for our classic fantasy and horror series
What's Inside
will contain mild spoilers
Romance & sex
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Minor sexual undertones in one story; brief and not explicit.
Violence & gore
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Frequent graphic horror with body horror and macabre scenes central to many stories.
Profanity
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Substance use
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LGBTQ+ Rep.
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Religious content
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Magic & witchcraft
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Occult / demonology
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Central themes of occult horror, rituals, and cosmic entities in many tales.
Political content
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Self-harm / suicide
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Abuse & suffering
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Minor depictions of psychological torment; not central to most stories.
Other
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