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When H.P. Lovecraft first introduced his macabre universe in the pages of Weird Tales magazine, the response was electrifying. Gifted writers — among them his closest peers — added sinister new elements to the fear-drenched landscape. Here are some of the most famous original stories from the pulp era that played a pivotal role in reflecting the master’s dark vision.
FANE OF THE BLACK PHARAOH by Robert Bloch: A man obsessed with unearthing dark secrets succumbs to the lure of the forbidden.
BELLS OF HORROR by Henry Kuttner: Infernal chimes ring the promise of dementia and mutilation.
THE FIRE OF ASSURBANIPAL by Robert E. Howard: In the burning Afghan desert, a young American unleashes an ancient curse.
THE ABYSS by Robert A. W. Lowndes: A hypnotized man finds himself in an alternate universe, trapped on a high wire between life and death.
AND SIXTEEN MORE TALES OF ICY TERROR
Henry Kuttner: A Neglected Master ’75 essay by Ray Bradbury
Mimsy Were the Borogoves ’43 story by Kuttner & C. L. Moore
Two-Handed Engine ’55 novelette by C. L. Moore & Kuttner
The Proud Robot [Gallegher] ’43 novelette by Kuttner
The Misguided Halo ’39 story by Kuttner
The Voice of the Lobster ’50 novelette by Kuttner
Exit the Professor ’47 novelette by Kuttner & C. L. Moore
The Twonky ’42 novelette by Kuttner & C. L. Moore
A Gnome There Was ’41 novelette by Kuttner & C. L. Moore
The Big Night ’47 novelette by Kuttner
Nothing but Gingerbread Left ’43 story by Kuttner
The Iron Standard ’43 story by Kuttner & C. L. Moore
Cold War [Hogben] ’49 novelette by Kuttner
Or Else ’53 story by Kuttner & C. L. Moore
Endowment Policy ’43 story by Kuttner & C. L. Moore
Housing Problem ’44 story by Kuttner
What You Need ’45 story by Kuttner & C. L. Moore
Absalom ’46 story by Kuttner
Like a great, lethal snake, plague creeps through the galaxies. No conscious entity can halt its progress, and life is slowly draining from planet after planet.
Only one super-intelligence is capable of preventing cataclysm. To do it, he must penetrate far beyond infinity—to the formless, deathless creature out to kill the universe.
When a slightly mad robot drunk on AC, wants you to join an experiment in optimum ecology—don't do it! After all, who wants to argue like Disraeli or live like Ivan the Terrible?
This etext was produced from Space Science Fiction May 1952.
A story of the shocking revelation that came to the twenty-first Baron Kralitz.
This etext was produced from Weird Tales October 1936.
