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This short story first appeared in science fiction magazine Amazing Stories and tells of a meteorite crash in rural Massachusetts...and of the horrific results. It was one of HP Lovecraft's most popular works for its combination of science fiction and horror, and it was the author's personal favorite short story.

Enter a world of cosmic dread and creeping madness with this chilling collection of H. P. Lovecraft short stories. Featuring “The Colour out of Space,” “The Whisperer in Darkness,” and “The Haunter of the Dark,” this volume delivers eerie atmosphere, otherworldly terror, and classic...

The "blasted heath" they called it. Five acres of grey desolation, like a sore eaten into the land. West of Arkham, the hills rise wild. There are dark little glens where the trees hang precariously and where thin brooklets trickle, never having been touched by sunlight. There was once a road over the hills and through the valley, but people ceased to use it. The old folk have died or gone away, and the farms and villages are slowly decaying back into dark woods and narrow clearings. A family died up there.