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The Horror in the Burying Ground, and Others
In territories of total terror...
'Thorndike the undertaker seemed intent on doing his professional duty in magnificent style. Those who saw Tom Sprague's body were most startled by its utter life-likeness, and the mortuary virtuoso made double sure of his job by repeating certain injections at stated intervals. Thorndike almost wrung a sort of reluctant admiration from the townsfolk and visitors, though he tended to spoil that impression by his boastful and tasteless talk. Whenever he administered to his silent charge he would repeat that eternal rambling about the good luck of having a first class undertaker. "What"—he would say as if directly addressing the body—"if Tom had had one of those careless fellows who bury their subjects alive?" The way he harped on the horrors of premature burial was truly barbarous and sickening...'
from The Horror in the Burying Ground
Cover Illustration: Bob Fowke.
'Thorndike the undertaker seemed intent on doing his professional duty in magnificent style. Those who saw Tom Sprague's body were most startled by its utter life-likeness, and the mortuary virtuoso made double sure of his job by repeating certain injections at stated intervals. Thorndike almost wrung a sort of reluctant admiration from the townsfolk and visitors, though he tended to spoil that impression by his boastful and tasteless talk. Whenever he administered to his silent charge he would repeat that eternal rambling about the good luck of having a first class undertaker. "What"—he would say as if directly addressing the body—"if Tom had had one of those careless fellows who bury their subjects alive?" The way he harped on the horrors of premature burial was truly barbarous and sickening...'
from The Horror in the Burying Ground
Cover Illustration: Bob Fowke.
211 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published January 1, 1975
About the author
H.P. Lovecraft
6,498 books19.7k 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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