Marginalia is a collection of Fantasy, Horror

Horror fiction

Horror fiction also Horror fantasy is a philosophy of literature, which is intended to, or has the capacity to frighten its readers, inducing feelings of horror and terror. It creates an eerie atmosphere. Horror can be either supernatural or non-supernatural...

 and Science fiction

Science fiction

Science fiction is a genre of fiction dealing with imaginary but more or less plausible content such as future settings, futuristic science and technology, space travel, aliens, and paranormal abilities...

 short stories

Short Stories

Short Stories may refer to:*A plural for Short story*Short Stories , an American pulp magazine published from 1890-1959*Short Stories, a 1954 collection by O. E...

, essays, biography

Biography

A biography is a detailed description or account of someone's life. More than a list of basic facts , biography also portrays the subject's experience of those events...

 and poetry

Poetry

Poetry is a form of literary art in which language is used for its aesthetic and evocative qualities in addition to, or in lieu of, its apparent meaning...

 by and about the American author H. P. Lovecraft

H. P. Lovecraft

Howard Phillips Lovecraft --often credited as H.P. Lovecraft — was an American author of horror, fantasy and science fiction, especially the subgenre known as weird fiction....

. It was released in 1944

1944 in literature

The year 1944 in literature involved some significant new books.-New books:*Samuel Hopkins Adams – Canal Town*Jorge Amado – Terras do Sem Fim *Saul Bellow – Dangling Man*Jorge Luis Borges – Fictions...

 and was the third collection of Lovecraft's work published by Arkham House

Arkham House

Arkham House is a publishing house specializing in weird fiction founded in Sauk City, Wisconsin in 1939 by August Derleth and Donald Wandrei to preserve in hardcover the best fiction of H.P. Lovecraft. The company's name is derived from Lovecraft's fictional New England city, Arkham. Arkham House...

. 2,035 copies were printed.

The contents of this volume were selected by August Derleth

August Derleth

August William Derleth was an American writer and anthologist. Though best remembered as the first publisher of the writings of H. P...

 and Donald Wandrei

Donald Wandrei

Donald Albert Wandrei was an American science fiction, fantasy and weird fiction writer, poet and editor. He wrote as Donald Wandrei. He was the older brother of science fiction writer and artist Howard Wandrei...

. The dust-jacket art is a reproduction of Virgil Finlay

Virgil Finlay

Virgil Finlay was an American pulp fantasy, science fiction and horror illustrator. While he worked in a range of media, from gouache to oils, Finlay specialized in, and became famous for, detailed pen-and-ink drawings accomplished with abundant stippling, cross-hatching, and scratchboard techniques...

's illustration for Lovecraft's story "The Shunned House

The Shunned House

"The Shunned House" is a short story by H. P. Lovecraft in the horror fiction genre. Written on October 16–19, 1924, it was first published in the October 1937 issue of Weird Tales.-Inspiration:...

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Contents

Marginalia contains the following:

1. "Foreword," by August Derleth
   August Derleth
   August William Derleth was an American writer and anthologist. Though best remembered as the first publisher of the writings of H. P...
   
    & Donald Wandrei
   Donald Wandrei
   Donald Albert Wandrei was an American science fiction, fantasy and weird fiction writer, poet and editor. He wrote as Donald Wandrei. He was the older brother of science fiction writer and artist Howard Wandrei...
   
   
2. "Imprisoned with the Pharaohs
   Under the Pyramids
   "Under the Pyramids", also published as "Entombed with the Pharaohs" and "Imprisoned with the Pharaohs", is a short story written by American fantasy author H. P. Lovecraft in February 1924. Commissioned by Weird Tales founder and owner J. C...
   
   " (with Harry Houdini
   Harry Houdini
   Harry Houdini was a Hungarian-born American magician and escapologist, stunt performer, actor and film producer noted for his sensational escape acts...
   
   )
3. "Medusa's Coil
   Medusa's Coil
   "Medusa's Coil" is a short story by H. P. Lovecraft and Zealia Bishop. It was first published in Weird Tales magazine in January 1939, two years after Lovecraft's death....
   
   " (with Zealia Brown (Reed) Bishop
   Zealia Bishop
   Zealia Brown-Reed Bishop was an American writer of short stories.Her stories appeared in the magazine Weird Tales. However, they were extensively revised by H. P...
   
   )
4. "Winged Death" (with Hazel Heald)
5. "The Man of Stone" (with Hazel Heald)
6. "Notes on the Writing of Weird Fiction"
7. "Some Notes on Interplanetary Fiction"
8. "Lord Dunsany and His Work"
9. "Heritage or Modernism: Common Sense in Art Forms"
10. "Some Backgrounds of Fairyland"
11. "Some Causes of Self-Immolation"
12. "A Guide to Charleston, South Carolina"
13. "Observations on Several Parts of North America"
14. "The Beast in the Cave
    The Beast in the Cave
    "The Beast in the Cave" is a short story by American horror fiction writer H. P. Lovecraft written in 1905, when Lovecraft was fourteen. It was first published in the June 1918 issue of the amateur press journal the Vagrant.-Plot synopsis:...
    
    "
15. "The Transition of Juan Romero
    The Transition of Juan Romero
    "The Transition of Juan Romero" is a short story by American horror fiction writer H. P. Lovecraft, written on September 16, 1919, and first published in the 1944 Arkham House volume Marginalia.-Plot summary:...
    
    "
16. "Azathoth
    Azathoth
    Azathoth is a deity in the Cthulhu Mythos and Dream Cycle stories of H. P. Lovecraft and other authors. Its epithets include Nuclear Chaos, the Daemon Sultan and the Blind Idiot God.-Inspiration:...
    
    "
17. "The Book
    The Book (short story)
    "The Book" is an unfinished short story by American horror fiction writer H. P. Lovecraft, believed to have been written in late 1933. It was first published in the journal Leaves in 1938, after Lovecraft's death....
    
    "
18. "The Descendant
    The Descendant (short story)
    "The Descendant" is a story fragment by American horror fiction writer H. P. Lovecraft, believed to have been written in 1927. It was first published in the journal Leaves in 1938, after Lovecraft's death.-Inspiration:...
    
    "
19. "The Very Old Folk
    The Very Old Folk
    "The Very Old Folk" is a short story by American horror fiction writer H. P. Lovecraft. It is reportedly a recording of a dream, where the main protagonist is a Roman military official in Hispania. The countryside is, every year, ravaged by terrible hill people who kidnap citizens and perform cruel...
    
    "
20. "The Thing in the Moonlight
    The Thing in the Moonlight
    The Thing in the Moonlight is a short story by J. Chapman Miske, based on a letter from H. P. Lovecraft to Donald Wandrei, dated November 24, 1927. This letter describes a dream that Lovecraft had. The story was prepared for publication by Miske, who filled in the story surrounding the description...
    
    "
21. "Two Comments"
22. "His Own Most Fantastic Creation" by Winfield Townley Scott
23. "Some Random Memories" by Frank Belknap Long
    Frank Belknap Long
    Frank Belknap Long was a prolific American writer of horror fiction, fantasy, science fiction, poetry, gothic romance, comic books, and non-fiction. Though his writing career spanned seven decades, he is best known for his horror and science fiction short stories, including early contributions to...
    
    
24. "H. P. Lovecraft: An Appreciation" by T. O. Mabbott
25. "The Wind That Is in the Grass: A Memoir of H. P. Lovecraft" by R. H. Barlow
26. "Lovecraft and Science" by Kenneth Sterling
27. "Lovecraft as a Formative Influence" by August Derleth
    August Derleth
    August William Derleth was an American writer and anthologist. Though best remembered as the first publisher of the writings of H. P...
    
    
28. "The Dweller in Darkness" by Donald Wandrei
    Donald Wandrei
    Donald Albert Wandrei was an American science fiction, fantasy and weird fiction writer, poet and editor. He wrote as Donald Wandrei. He was the older brother of science fiction writer and artist Howard Wandrei...
    
    
29. "To Howard Phillips Lovecraft" by Clark Ashton Smith
    Clark Ashton Smith
    Clark Ashton Smith was a self-educated American poet, sculptor, painter and author of fantasy, horror and science fiction short stories. He achieved early local recognition, largely through the enthusiasm of George Sterling, for traditional verse in the vein of Swinburne...
    
    
30. "H.P.L." by Henry Kuttner
    Henry Kuttner
    Henry Kuttner was an American author of science fiction, fantasy and horror.-Early life:Henry Kuttner was born in Los Angeles, California in 1915...
    
    
31. "Lost Dream" by Emil Petaja
    Emil Petaja
    Emil Petaja was an American science fiction and fantasy writer whose career spanned seven decades. He was the author of 13 published novels, nearly 150 short stories, numerous poems, and a handful of books and articles on various subjects...
    
    
32. "To Howard Phillips Lovecraft" by Francis Flagg
33. "Elegy: In Providence the Spring ..." by August Derleth
    August Derleth
    August William Derleth was an American writer and anthologist. Though best remembered as the first publisher of the writings of H. P...
    
    
34. "From the Outsider: H. P. Lovecraft" by Charles E. White
35. "In Memoriam: H. P. Lovecraft" by Richard Ely Morse