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Written as a spoof of his own antiquarian style, "A Reminiscence" was Lovecraft's second published work (following The Alchemist), and was published under the pseudonym Humphrey Littlewit, Esq. It is a simple recollection of Littlewit's relation to an old friend, and the effect that friend had on the circle of company with which he associated. (Goodreads)

The story takes place in Providence, Rhode Island and revolves around the Church of Starry Wisdom. The cult uses an ancient artifact known as the Shining Trapezohedron to summon a terrible being from the depths of time and space. The Shining Trapezohedron was discovered in Egyptian ruins, in a box...

Hooked to a two-way telepathic communication device, a mental hospital intern speaks with a light being hosted by a criminally insane murderer.

The Key to Theosophy is an 1889 book by Helena Blavatsky, expounding the principles of theosophy in a readable question-and-answer manner. It covers Theosophy and the Theosophical Society, Nature of the Human Being, Life After Death, Reincarnation, Kama-Loka and Devachan, the Human Mind, Practical...

The story tells of an unnamed narrator, who has moved from New England to New York City and greatly regretted it. One night, while wandering an older part of Greenwich Village, he happens upon a man strangely dressed in garments from the eighteenth century. The man offers to show the narrator the secrets of the town.

A very deep chasm in uncovered in a mine, too deep for any sounding lines to hit bottom. Two men venture inside the mine, drawn against their will by a mysterious rhythmical throbbing in the ground.

Occultism is not magic, though magic is one of its tools. Occultism is not the acquirement of powers, whether psychic or intellectual, though both are its servants. Neither is occultism the pursuit of happiness, as men understand the word; for the first step is sacrifice, the second, renunciation. Occultism is the science of life, the art of living...

A lone traveler seeks shelter from an approaching storm in an apparently abandoned house, only to find that it is occupied by a "loathsome old, white-bearded, and ragged man."

A golden-haired youth who wanders into the city of Teloth, telling tales of the great city of Aira, where he was prince.

The story takes place in Providence, Rhode Island and revolves around the Church of Starry Wisdom. The cult uses an ancient artifact known as the Shining Trapezohedron to summon a terrible being from the depths of time and space. The Shining Trapezohedron was discovered in Egyptian ruins, in a box...

A doctor with an obsession of defying death through all available means keeps his apartment cold. But why?

The history of a New England street, from its first beginnings as a path in colonial times to a quasi-supernatural occurrence in the years immediately followingWorld War I.

I am writing this under an appreciable mental strain, since by tonight I shall be no more. Penniless, and at the end of my supply of the drug which alone, makes life endurable, I can bear the torture no longer; and shall cast myself from this garret window into the squalid street below. Do not think...

Great modern American supernaturalist brilliantly surveys history of genre to 1930s, summarizing, evaluating scores of books, including works by Poe, Bierce, M.R. James, "Monk" Lewis, many others. Praised by critics as diverse as Edmund Wilson and Vincent Starrett.