Contents

• "Introduction", by S.T. Joshi
• I. Dreams and Fancies
  • "The Little Glass Bottle"
  • "The Secret Cave"
  • "The Mystery of the Grave-Yard"
  • "The Mysterious Ship"
  • "A Reminiscence of Dr. Samuel Johnson
    A Reminiscence of Dr. Samuel Johnson
    "A Reminiscence of Dr. Samuel Johnson" is a short story written in 1917 by American horror fiction writer H. P. Lovecraft. It was first published in the September 1917 issue of the United Amateur, under the pseudonym Humphrey Littlewit, Esq....
    
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  • "Old Bugs
    Old Bugs
    "Old Bugs" is a short story by American horror fiction writer H. P. Lovecraft, probably written shortly before July 1919. It was first published in the Arkham House book The Shuttered Room and Other Pieces ....
    
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  • "Memory"
  • "Nyarlathotep
    Nyarlathotep (short story)
    "Nyarlathotep" is a short story by H. P. Lovecraft written in 1920, and first published in the November 1920 issue of The United Amateur. It is the first mention in fiction of the Cthulhu Mythos entity Nyarlathotep.-Synopsis:...
    
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  • "Ex Oblivione
    Ex Oblivione
    "Ex Oblivione" is a prose poem by American horror fiction writer H. P. Lovecraft, written in late 1920 or early 1921 and first published in The United Amateur in March 1921, under the pseudonym Ward Phillips.-Inspiration:An H. P...
    
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  • "What the Moon Brings
    What the Moon Brings
    What the Moon Brings is a short story by American horror fiction writer H. P. Lovecraft, written on June 5, 1922. This story was first published in the National Amateur in May 1923. It is shorter than most of Lovecraft's other short stories, and is essentially a fragment...
    
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  • "Sweet Ermengarde
    Sweet Ermengarde
    "Sweet Ermengarde" is a short comic story by American horror fiction writer H. P. Lovecraft. It was probably written between 1919 and 1921; Lovecraft scholars state it is "the only work of fiction by HPL that cannot be dated with precision." It was first published in the Arkham House collection...
    
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  • "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...
    
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  • "History of the Necronomicon"
  • "Ibid
    Ibid (short story)
    "Ibid" is a parody by American horror fiction writer H. P. Lovecraft, written in 1927 or 1928 and first published in the January 1938 issue of O-Wash-Ta-Nong.- Summary :...
    
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  • Discarded Draft of "The Shadow Over Innsmouth
    The Shadow Over Innsmouth
    The Shadow Over Innsmouth is a novella by H. P. Lovecraft. Written in November-December 1931, the story was first published in April 1936; this was the only fiction of Lovecraft's published during his lifetime that did not appear in a periodical....
    
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  • "The Battle That Ended the Century" (with R.H. Barlow)
  • "Collapsing Cosmoses" (with R.H. Barlow)
  • "The Challenge From Beyond" (with C.L. Moore, A. Merritt
    A. Merritt
    Abraham Grace Merritt — known by his byline, A. Merritt — was an American editor and author of works of fantastic fiction.-Life:...
    
    , Robert E. Howard
    Robert E. Howard
    Robert Ervin Howard was an American author who wrote pulp fiction in a diverse range of genres. Best known for his character Conan the Barbarian, he is regarded as the father of the sword and sorcery subgenre....
    
     and 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...
    
    ) [only Lovecraft's contribution to the story]
• II. The Weird Fantasist
  • "Commonplace Book"
  • "Lord Dunsany and His Work"
  • "Notes on Writing Weird Fiction"
  • "Some Notes on Interplanetary Fiction"
  • "In Memoriam: Robert E. Howard"
• III. Mechanistic Materialist
  • "Idealism and Materialism—A Reflection"
  • "Life for Humanity's Sake"
  • "In Defense of Dagon"
  • "Nietzscheism and Realism"
  • "The Materialist Today"
  • "Some Causes of Self-Immolation"
  • "Heritage or Modernism: Common Sense in Art Forms"
• IV. Literary Critic
  • "Metrical Regularity"
  • "The Vers Libre Epidemic"
  • "The Case for Classicism"
  • "Literary Composition"
  • "Ars Gratia Artis"
  • "The Poetry of Lilian Middleton"
  • "Rudis Indigestaque Moles"
  • "In the Editor's Study"
  • "The Professional Incubus"
  • "The Omnipresent Philistine"
  • "What Belongs in Verse"
• V. Political Theorist
  • "The Crime of the Century"
  • "More Chain Lightning"
  • "Old England and the 'Hyphen'"
  • "Revolutionary Mythology"
  • "Americanism"
  • "The League"
  • "Bolshevism"
  • "Some Repetitions on the Times"
• VI. Antiquarian Travels
  • "Vermont—A First Impression"
  • "Observations on Several Parts of America"
  • "Travels in the Provinces of America"
  • "An Account of Charleston"
  • "Some Dutch Footprints in New England"
  • "Homes and Shrines of Poe"
• VII. Amateur Journalist
  • "In a Major Key"
  • "The Dignity of Journalism"
  • "Symphony and Stress"
  • "United Amateur Press Association: Exponent of Amateur Journalism"
  • "A Reply to The Lingerer"
  • "Les Mouches Fantastiques"
  • "For What Does the United Stand?"
  • "Amateur Journalism: Its Possible Needs and Betterment"
  • "What Amateurdom and I have Done for Each Other"
  • "Lucubrations Lovecraftian"
  • "A Matter of Uniteds"
  • "Mrs. Miniter—-Estimates and Recollections"
  • "Some Current Motives and Practices"
• VIII. Epistolarian
  • "Trans-Neptunian Planets"
  • "The Earth Not Hollow"
  • "To The All-Story Weekly"
  • "Science versus Charlatanry"
  • "The Fall of Astrology"
  • "To Edwin Baird"
  • "To Edwin Baird"
  • "The Old Brick Row"
  • "To Nils H. Frome"
• IX. Personal
  • "The Brief Autobiography of an Inconsequential Scribbler"
  • "Within the Gates"
  • "A Confession of Unfaith"
  • "Commercial Blurbs"
  • "Cats and Dogs"
  • "Some Notes on a Nonentity"
• "Bibliography"