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The Classic Horror Collection
Arcturus The Classic Horror Collection ABISBOOK Arcturus.
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About the author
H.P. Lovecraft
6,441 books19.6k followersHoward Phillips Lovecraft, of Providence, Rhode Island, was an American author of horror, fantasy and science fiction.
Lovecraft's major inspiration and invention was cosmic horror: life is incomprehensible to human minds and the universe is fundamentally alien. Those who genuinely reason, like his protagonists, gamble with sanity. Lovecraft has developed a cult following for his Cthulhu Mythos, a series of loosely interconnected fictions featuring a pantheon of human-nullifying entities, as well as the Necronomicon, a fictional grimoire of magical rites and forbidden lore. His works were deeply pessimistic and cynical, challenging the values of the Enlightenment, Romanticism and Christianity. Lovecraft's protagonists usually achieve the mirror-opposite of traditional gnosis and mysticism by momentarily glimpsing the horror of ultimate reality.
Although Lovecraft's readership was limited during his life, his reputation has grown over the decades. He is now commonly regarded as one of the most influential horror writers of the 20th Century, exerting widespread and indirect influence, and frequently compared to Edgar Allan Poe.
See also Howard Phillips Lovecraft.
— Wikipedia
Lovecraft's major inspiration and invention was cosmic horror: life is incomprehensible to human minds and the universe is fundamentally alien. Those who genuinely reason, like his protagonists, gamble with sanity. Lovecraft has developed a cult following for his Cthulhu Mythos, a series of loosely interconnected fictions featuring a pantheon of human-nullifying entities, as well as the Necronomicon, a fictional grimoire of magical rites and forbidden lore. His works were deeply pessimistic and cynical, challenging the values of the Enlightenment, Romanticism and Christianity. Lovecraft's protagonists usually achieve the mirror-opposite of traditional gnosis and mysticism by momentarily glimpsing the horror of ultimate reality.
Although Lovecraft's readership was limited during his life, his reputation has grown over the decades. He is now commonly regarded as one of the most influential horror writers of the 20th Century, exerting widespread and indirect influence, and frequently compared to Edgar Allan Poe.
See also Howard Phillips Lovecraft.
— Wikipedia
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April 28, 2026
This is nowhere near a perfect collection, but it's a seriously good one. I've discovered authors that I'd never read before, and some that I will absolutely follow up on. Many of the usuals are here, and some weren't to my taste, and many had rather banal endings.
But the ones that hit? They HIT.
The book itself is beautiful, the price is right (especially for 900+ pages), and there's only a few glaring spelling errors. Overall, a good collection, and well worth the time.
But the ones that hit? They HIT.
The book itself is beautiful, the price is right (especially for 900+ pages), and there's only a few glaring spelling errors. Overall, a good collection, and well worth the time.
December 22, 2025
Skimmed through it to finish it, wasn't for me. I found a lot of the stories were pretty boring.. 😅 there were a few good ones though!
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