King Crusoe’s Reviews > H.P. Lovecraft: The Complete Fiction > Status Update

As with Edgar Allan Poe’s complete story collection, I am restarting H.P. Lovecraft’s work. This started this morning (3 October, 2026). I will update this listing with links and ratings for each individual story, again just as with EAP.

"The Alchemist" didn't quite impress me the way that "The Beast in the Cave" did due to some goofiness in the narrative (and a similar problem with being overtly explicit in the explanation at the very end, thereby "ruining" the mystery"), but it was still fun for what it was. 3/5 for this one, compared to 4/5 for "The Beast in the Cave".

Got the first story read: The Beast in the Cave.

Shockingly well done story with very engaging prose for something apparently written by a 15 year old. I thought the last paragraph or two kind of ruined the tone and mystery built up through the pages prior, but overall I quite enjoyed this, even if what was so well left to the imagination was revealed front and center by the narrator.