Desde el horror

by H.P. Lovecraft

H.P, Lovecraft (1890-1937), escritor norteamericano de "dos siglos", por haberse iniciado de niño en la escritura, llega a ser, a pesar de si no tan extensa vida, un literato consumado y un verdadero mago del suspenso. su deleite es introducir al lector en mundos oscuros y "ajenos", logrando que sus personajes -aun los considerados "cuerdos"- sucumban, de alguna manera a lo insólito, sintiendo un miedo irrefrenable ante lo desconocido; ante aquello que no se sabe de dónde proviene ni para o porqué se produce.
Los cuentos seleccionados adelantan largos y tenebrosos viajes literarios plenos de espejismos, ensoñaciones, seres míticos, que pueden resultar apasionantes para lectores atrevidos y deseosos de penetrar en otras dimensiones.

96 pages

Published January 1, 2004

About the author

Howard 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