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Lovecraft's Influences and Favorites

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The Yellow Sign by Robert W. Chambers

In 1927, H. P. Lovecraft wrote a long essay on "Supernatural Horror in Literature" in which he discussed the history of what came to be known as Weird Fiction. This collection includes many of the texts that Lovecraft mentioned in the essay, beginning with Edgar Allan Poe's Fall of the House of Usher, published in 1839 and ending with Walter de la Mare Seaton's Aunt from 1922. Included are 19 stories and 1 poem. - Summary by Alan Winterrowd

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Fishhead by Irvin S. Cobb , Lost Hearts by M. R. James , Seaton's Aunt by Walter de la Mare, Pt 1 , Seaton's Aunt by Walter de la Mare, Pt 2 , The Harbor-Master by Robert W. Chambers , The Hashish-Eater, or the Apocalypse of Evil by Clark Ashton Smith , The Hashish Man by Lord Dunsany , The Red Room by H. G. Wells , The Shadows on the Wall by Mary E. Wilkins , The Unhappy Body by Lord Dunsany , The White People by Arthur Machen - Pt 1 , The White People by Arthur Machen - Pt 2 , The White People by Arthur Machen - Pt 3 , The Willows by Algernon Blackwood, Pt 1 , The Willows by Algernon Blackwood, Pt 2 , The Willows by Algernon Blackwood, Pt 3 , The Willows by Algernon Blackwood, Pt 4 , Xelucha by M. P. Shiel