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Sordo, mudo y ciego
Sordo, mudo y ciego
Bajo las pirámides
Dos botellas negras
El libro negro de Alsophocus
Bajo las pirámides
Dos botellas negras
El libro negro de Alsophocus
96 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1924
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About the author
H.P. Lovecraft
6,109 books19.3k 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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June 7, 2020
A minor tale of terror by HPL, in which a maimed WWI vet faces a ancient evil in a old mansion he has claimed as home. There are usual dark hints of past evil, the nervous characters that fall apart at a boo and a horrible "found " testament that provides the climax. At times it has really bad, bad writing and the ending is boring.
September 3, 2025
no se, si no entendí bien el texto, pero se me hizo un poco aburrido al momento de leerlo. 😞
trataré de volverlo a leer algún día y ver si realmente era aburrido o simplemente no le preste la atención suficiente.
trataré de volverlo a leer algún día y ver si realmente era aburrido o simplemente no le preste la atención suficiente.
January 21, 2022
2.5 Stars
rounded up to 3 Stars.
October 8, 2023
Un cuento de terror totalmente inversivo.
Primer contacto con la pluma de Lovecraft y me ha dejado con ganas de más, así que solo puedo recomendar su lectura, siendo además esta época del año la excusa perfecta para hacerlo 👻
Primer contacto con la pluma de Lovecraft y me ha dejado con ganas de más, así que solo puedo recomendar su lectura, siendo además esta época del año la excusa perfecta para hacerlo 👻
March 15, 2022
1924: Deaf, Dumb, and Blind (with C. M. Eddy, Jr.)
“At last he was free to read the typed manuscript of the dead man, and to gain at least an inkling of what hellish thing had defied those shattered senses of sight and sound and penetrated so disastrously to the delicate intelligence that brooded in external darkness and silence.
Pictures of Harry Houdini, H.P. Lovecraft, and an older Eddy.
“Deaf, Dumb, and Blind” is probably the fifty-second oldest surviving story worked on by American weird fiction author Howard Philips Lovecraft (1890-1937). It was first published in the April 1925 issue of Weird Tales. According to An H.P. Lovecraft Encyclopedia by Joshi & Schultz (2001), “the entire tale was probably revised [by HPL], although Eddy presumably wrote the first draft” (p. 62). “Deaf, Dumb, and Blind” is rather mediocre and forgettable. The prose is competent, but the tale takes too long to build up to its pay-off. Nor do we ever get an explanation for why the main character is able to write so clearly on a typewriter when he is, as the title suggests, blind and deaf.
On a historical note, 1924 was a momentous year for Lovecraft. He married Sonia Green on March 3 and moved to New York City with her, living outside of Providence, RI for the first time in his life. He went on to ghostwrite a story for famous musician Harry Houdini. Joshi & Schultz (2001) date the composition of “Deaf, Dumb, and Blind” to around February 1924, although there is some evidence to suggest that HPL and Eddy worked on it later into the year.
Buzz Books got a hold of a copy of a letter that Lovecraft wrote to Eddy and it provides some interesting context:
The “Wright” that HPL chastises is Farnsworth Wright, the editor of Weird Tales at the time. The two did not see eye to eye. It seems that Lovecraft was revising “Deaf, Dumb, and Blind” into November 1924. We also learn that Lovecraft’s wife Sonia Greene suffered a nervous breakdown early in their marriage. Their relationship was rocky from the start and it did not help that HPL struggled to find any steady employment to help support them.
C.M. Eddy, Jr. and Lovecraft were friends and collaborated on four stories: “Ashes,” “The Ghost-Eater,” “The Loved Dead,” and this one. Out of the four, I would argue that only “The Loved Dead” is worth reading. The two collaborated on a fifth story in 1926, this one a project commissioned by Harry Houdini that would have been titled The Cancer of Superstition (Joshi & Schultz, 2001, p. 84). Unfortunately, that fell through due to the magician’s untimely death in October 1926. Edit, 3/15/22 The Cancer of Superstition was actually a nonfiction book about Houdini's successful efforts to debunk fake psychics and other shysters that took advantage of people.
Title: “Deaf, Dumb, and Blind”
Author: H.P. Lovecraft
Dates: circa February 1924 (written), April 1925 (first published)
Genre: Fiction - Short story, horror
Word count: 4,720 words
Date(s) read: 3/12/22-3/13/22
Reading journal entry #92 in 2022
Sources:
Link to the story: https://hplovecraft.com/writings/fict...
First publication citation: Weird Tales vol. 5, no. 4 (April 1925): 25–30, 177–179.
Joshi, S. T., & Schultz, D. E. (2001). An H.P. Lovecraft Encyclopedia. Greenwood Press.
Pagel, B. (2019, March 13). Transcription: HP Lovecraft's Letter to Author CM Eddy Jr on Nov. 20th, 1924 [web log]. Retrieved March 12, 2022, from https://www.buzzbookstore.com/blog/20...#
Link to the image:
West, K. (2019, January 18). C. M. Eddy, Jr.’s Notorious Love [web log]. Retrieved March 12, 2022, from http://adventuresfantastic.com/c-m-ed...
“At last he was free to read the typed manuscript of the dead man, and to gain at least an inkling of what hellish thing had defied those shattered senses of sight and sound and penetrated so disastrously to the delicate intelligence that brooded in external darkness and silence.
Pictures of Harry Houdini, H.P. Lovecraft, and an older Eddy.
“Deaf, Dumb, and Blind” is probably the fifty-second oldest surviving story worked on by American weird fiction author Howard Philips Lovecraft (1890-1937). It was first published in the April 1925 issue of Weird Tales. According to An H.P. Lovecraft Encyclopedia by Joshi & Schultz (2001), “the entire tale was probably revised [by HPL], although Eddy presumably wrote the first draft” (p. 62). “Deaf, Dumb, and Blind” is rather mediocre and forgettable. The prose is competent, but the tale takes too long to build up to its pay-off. Nor do we ever get an explanation for why the main character is able to write so clearly on a typewriter when he is, as the title suggests, blind and deaf.
On a historical note, 1924 was a momentous year for Lovecraft. He married Sonia Green on March 3 and moved to New York City with her, living outside of Providence, RI for the first time in his life. He went on to ghostwrite a story for famous musician Harry Houdini. Joshi & Schultz (2001) date the composition of “Deaf, Dumb, and Blind” to around February 1924, although there is some evidence to suggest that HPL and Eddy worked on it later into the year.
Buzz Books got a hold of a copy of a letter that Lovecraft wrote to Eddy and it provides some interesting context:
“Nov. 20 [1924],
Dear CME Jr: -
Telegram just arrived. Sorry to have delayed so, but have recently been in turmoil of engrossing misfortunes, financial & otherwise, amidst which not a moment of unworried leisure has existed.
For one thing, my wife has suffered a nervous breakdown – in hospital 10 days, later on farm in Somerville, NJ for rest and now back again pending breaking up of housekeeping, which her health necessitates. Just where I shall board depends on what comes of my latest effort at a commercial affiliation – am hanging on here for present, & will tell you my new address when I have one.
Not a moment to touch DD&B [“Deaf, Dumb, and Blind”], but here it is. And you can tell that ass Wright for one that the story is much better with its present cumulative beginning than it would be with any popular magazine abrupt opening. Tell him to study the work of Arthur Machen & note how “The Great God Pan” starts.
Hope all goes well with you. Did Hancock ever send you “The Three Imposters”? If not, I must get after him.
More later — & meanwhile pray accept my apology for delay of your tale. Hope it gets a good art heading. I’ve seen the Brosnatch drawings for my “Festival” & “Randolph Carter”, & although they’re good, they don’t fit the narratives any too well.
Well – that’s that. Hope you place DD&B to advantage & that the readers take to it. Meanwhile best wishes for your musical ventures & general financial state.
Till breathing time –
As usual
Your most obt servt
HPL
Regards to all the household
P.S. Song came – thanks & congratulations!”
The “Wright” that HPL chastises is Farnsworth Wright, the editor of Weird Tales at the time. The two did not see eye to eye. It seems that Lovecraft was revising “Deaf, Dumb, and Blind” into November 1924. We also learn that Lovecraft’s wife Sonia Greene suffered a nervous breakdown early in their marriage. Their relationship was rocky from the start and it did not help that HPL struggled to find any steady employment to help support them.
C.M. Eddy, Jr. and Lovecraft were friends and collaborated on four stories: “Ashes,” “The Ghost-Eater,” “The Loved Dead,” and this one. Out of the four, I would argue that only “The Loved Dead” is worth reading. The two collaborated on a fifth story in 1926, this one a project commissioned by Harry Houdini that would have been titled The Cancer of Superstition (Joshi & Schultz, 2001, p. 84). Unfortunately, that fell through due to the magician’s untimely death in October 1926. Edit, 3/15/22 The Cancer of Superstition was actually a nonfiction book about Houdini's successful efforts to debunk fake psychics and other shysters that took advantage of people.
Title: “Deaf, Dumb, and Blind”
Author: H.P. Lovecraft
Dates: circa February 1924 (written), April 1925 (first published)
Genre: Fiction - Short story, horror
Word count: 4,720 words
Date(s) read: 3/12/22-3/13/22
Reading journal entry #92 in 2022
Sources:
Link to the story: https://hplovecraft.com/writings/fict...
First publication citation: Weird Tales vol. 5, no. 4 (April 1925): 25–30, 177–179.
Joshi, S. T., & Schultz, D. E. (2001). An H.P. Lovecraft Encyclopedia. Greenwood Press.
Pagel, B. (2019, March 13). Transcription: HP Lovecraft's Letter to Author CM Eddy Jr on Nov. 20th, 1924 [web log]. Retrieved March 12, 2022, from https://www.buzzbookstore.com/blog/20...#
Link to the image:
West, K. (2019, January 18). C. M. Eddy, Jr.’s Notorious Love [web log]. Retrieved March 12, 2022, from http://adventuresfantastic.com/c-m-ed...
May 17, 2025
Deaf, Dumb, and Blind is a strange piece, less cosmic horror, more psychological unease penned by C. M. Eddy, Jr., with clear input from H. P. Lovecraft. It lacks the mythic grandeur of Lovecraft’s more famous work, but there’s a darkness here that still speaks to the uncanny.
The story follows a man who, due to an accident, loses his senses of sight, hearing, and speech. The medical attempt to restore them becomes the real focus. What starts as a medical curiosity quickly turns into a meditation on perception, identity, and what it means to exist when cut off from reality. In true Lovecraftian fashion, the horror isn’t in monsters but in the mind’s fragility when the doors of perception are slammed shut.
The tone is clinical, even cold at times, but that suits the subject. The protagonist's isolation is absolute, and the authors lean into that with language that is precise and detached. It’s not a thrilling story, but it is a disturbing one in a quiet, persistent way. It asks a subtle but haunting question: if we are cut off from the world entirely, do we remain human or do we become something else?
There are traces of Lovecraft’s influence throughout his obsession with sensory experience, madness, and the fragile boundary between science and the unnatural. But this is also very much Eddy’s story, more grounded and less stylized than Lovecraft’s solo work.
It’s not a tale I would call essential, but it lingers. For those interested in Lovecraft’s collaborations or in horror rooted in sensory deprivation and psychological breakdown, Deaf, Dumb, and Blind offers something unsettling and a little different. It’s a reminder that horror doesn’t need monsters it just needs a crack in the mind.
The story follows a man who, due to an accident, loses his senses of sight, hearing, and speech. The medical attempt to restore them becomes the real focus. What starts as a medical curiosity quickly turns into a meditation on perception, identity, and what it means to exist when cut off from reality. In true Lovecraftian fashion, the horror isn’t in monsters but in the mind’s fragility when the doors of perception are slammed shut.
The tone is clinical, even cold at times, but that suits the subject. The protagonist's isolation is absolute, and the authors lean into that with language that is precise and detached. It’s not a thrilling story, but it is a disturbing one in a quiet, persistent way. It asks a subtle but haunting question: if we are cut off from the world entirely, do we remain human or do we become something else?
There are traces of Lovecraft’s influence throughout his obsession with sensory experience, madness, and the fragile boundary between science and the unnatural. But this is also very much Eddy’s story, more grounded and less stylized than Lovecraft’s solo work.
It’s not a tale I would call essential, but it lingers. For those interested in Lovecraft’s collaborations or in horror rooted in sensory deprivation and psychological breakdown, Deaf, Dumb, and Blind offers something unsettling and a little different. It’s a reminder that horror doesn’t need monsters it just needs a crack in the mind.
May 26, 2019
Коли до доктора Моргауза прибігає сусідський слуга і починає розповідати дивні речі, він розуміє, що діяти треба рішуче, і берез собою трьох помічників.
Цей будинок завжди користувався поганою славою, Родину Таннерів, які колись тут жили, завжди в чомусь підозрювали, і труп останнього з них довелося навіть спалити, після того як побачили його передсмертну гримасу.
Прийшовши до будинку, доктор Моргауз та інші знаходять його в повному порядку, але сліпоглухонімий Річард Блейк, який жив тут зі слугою, мертвий. На його обличчі залишився дивний вираз. Доктор Моргауз забирає собі передсмертний машинопис, який залишив по собі Блейк. Згідно з ним, до нього вже деякий час не навідується слуга, і взагалі коїться щось дивне. Спочатку будинок тремтить, потім з'являється сірчаний запах, щось пульсує у вухах. Здається, ніби до нього повертаються всі відчуття. Він чує шепіт, холод і чиюсь присутність. Примарні пазурі смерті затягують його у чистилище.
Цей будинок завжди користувався поганою славою, Родину Таннерів, які колись тут жили, завжди в чомусь підозрювали, і труп останнього з них довелося навіть спалити, після того як побачили його передсмертну гримасу.
Прийшовши до будинку, доктор Моргауз та інші знаходять його в повному порядку, але сліпоглухонімий Річард Блейк, який жив тут зі слугою, мертвий. На його обличчі залишився дивний вираз. Доктор Моргауз забирає собі передсмертний машинопис, який залишив по собі Блейк. Згідно з ним, до нього вже деякий час не навідується слуга, і взагалі коїться щось дивне. Спочатку будинок тремтить, потім з'являється сірчаний запах, щось пульсує у вухах. Здається, ніби до нього повертаються всі відчуття. Він чує шепіт, холод і чиюсь присутність. Примарні пазурі смерті затягують його у чистилище.
December 1, 2020
https://archive.org/details/WeirdTale...
Another Lovecraft revision of C.M. Eddy Jr. The most Lovecraftian story of his published in Weird Tales at the time, partly because the main character is deaf, dumb and blind, almost incapable of messing it up with clear sights and sounds.
Another Lovecraft revision of C.M. Eddy Jr. The most Lovecraftian story of his published in Weird Tales at the time, partly because the main character is deaf, dumb and blind, almost incapable of messing it up with clear sights and sounds.
Not for the mortal mind is any resisting of force beyond human imagination. Not for immortal spirit is any conquering of that which hath probed the depths and made of immortality a transient moment. The end? Nay! It is but the blissful beginning...
September 23, 2024
Un compilado de colaboraciones traducidas en cuentos menores ("Sordo, Mudo y Ciego"), anecdóticos ("Bajo las Pirámides, encargado por Harry Houdini) y un par cuyo enlace con los tópicos de los mitos ("Dos Botellas Negras", "El Libro Negro de Alsophocus") reportan mayor interés. Para completistas.
November 17, 2022
Говард что-то пытался исправить, не то что бы это помогло.
January 20, 2024
2-3 stars. Not a masterpiece, but an improvement on most Lovecraft stories. Less racism and more of an actually finished story.
January 23, 2025
I really liked.
August 14, 2025
Mediocre
September 26, 2025
Definitely the worst collaborative work with Eddy. Would skip this one.
November 17, 2025
C.m. Eddy and H.P. Lovecraft, ghost story by C.M. Eddy even with Lovecraft's help in rewrite still didn't help enough.
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December 10, 2025no lo termine me aburrió
January 4, 2026
nothing too special, though it did play with some nice novel ideas for the time, which is always fun to see. bonus points for not being super outwardly racist, i was bracing for the worst.
April 26, 2018
Increíble cómo H.P. Lovecraft es capaz de transportarte de la cordura a la locura en unos pocos párrafos. Ni qué decir de su deliciosa forma de expresar aquello inexpresable, arcano, antiguo y demencial que representa el misterio del vasto universo y la oscuridad que lo cubre. Los relatos son terroríficos, asfixiantes e ingeniosos. Los dos mejores, creo, son Bajo Las Pirámides y El Libro Negro de Alsophocus, que fueron capaces de hacerme sentir verdadera aprehensión. Definitivamente un autor que te hace ver las profundidades del cosmos como lugares de infinita depravación y locura. "Mwl'fgah pywfg fhtagn Gh'tyaf nglyf Ighya"
February 19, 2018
Primera experiència amb Lovecraft.
Els quatre relats m'han donat sensacions molt diferents. El relat homònim em va deixar amb mal cos durant força estona després d'haver-lo llegit. Literalment, malestar físic. El segon relat, una col·laboració amb Houdini, em va semblar una xorrada. A més, en ser molt més llarg que els altres, desllueix molt el conjunt. Els dos darrers relats em van agradar, sense arribar a donar-me el malestar del primer.
És molt probable que més endavant segueixi amb més coses de Lovecraft perquè la sensació general ha estat bona i perquè en tinc la casa plena.
Els quatre relats m'han donat sensacions molt diferents. El relat homònim em va deixar amb mal cos durant força estona després d'haver-lo llegit. Literalment, malestar físic. El segon relat, una col·laboració amb Houdini, em va semblar una xorrada. A més, en ser molt més llarg que els altres, desllueix molt el conjunt. Els dos darrers relats em van agradar, sense arribar a donar-me el malestar del primer.
És molt probable que més endavant segueixi amb més coses de Lovecraft perquè la sensació general ha estat bona i perquè en tinc la casa plena.
May 12, 2023
Más colaboraciones, de tipos muy diferentes, siempre de Lovecraft con otros autores. Tengo que admitir que este tomo me gustó mucho más que el primero, que era mucho menos lovecraftniano, si se me permite el neologismo.
En este caso, salvo el último relato, el resto me gustó mucho.
En este caso, salvo el último relato, el resto me gustó mucho.
July 21, 2015
El final te atrapa y te hace preso de los fríos dedos que acarician tu piel pero no puedes verlos, te hace preso de un aliento infernal pero sólo oyes un susurro que te acecha... <3
May 11, 2016
I read and finished the book without really understanding the story
March 31, 2017
* Lugares: Carolina del Norte, Estados Unidos.
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