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Considered to the be one of most influential American authors, Howard Philip Lovecraft is synonymous with some of the best fantasy and horror fiction of the 20th century, second only to Edgar Allan Poe.

In "The Dunwich Horror" (1928), Wilbur Whateley, the son of a deformed albino mother and an unknown father, matures at an abnormal rate, reaching manhood within a decade. All the while, his sorcerer grandfather indoctrinates him into certain dark rituals and the study of witchcraft.

"The Thing at the Doorstep" was written five years later. Confessing to the killing of his friend Edward Derby, Daniel Upton hopes his account will prove he is not a murderer.

©2009 Fantom Films (P)2009 Fantom Films Anthologies Anthologies & Short Stories Classics Ghosts Horror Scary Fiction Haunted Fantasy Magic Short Story

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"You need to read him - he’s where the darkness starts." (Neil Gaiman)
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the reading is perfect, more understated, soft edged and matter of fact than others, which somehow increases the menace in these stories.

Two of Lovecraft's best.

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