HP Lovecraft Writings

This page is dedicated to collecting and offering the writings of Howard Phillips Lovecraft. HP Lovecraft was one of the most brilliant, albeit controversial, horror writers of all time.

On this page, you will find links to a complete collection of Lovecraft’s works which can be read in either of two formats (interactive full screen or text) or downloaded as PDF files.

A Brief Introduction to The Work of HP Lovecraft

HP Lovecraft created one of the most well-developed and popular fictional universes, known as the Cthulhu Mythos. The central theme of the Cthulhu Mythos, and Lovecraft’s work in general, is cosmicism.

Cosmicism is the idea that humankind is insignificant within the universe. The universe is an unfathomably huge, dangerous place. And amidst the vast infinitudes of space and time there are powers that are far older, far greater, and far more evil than the human mind could ever comprehend.

The Cthulhu Mythos describes a universe dark and mysterious, where ancient evil powers weave their tendrils – both literally and figuratively – across time and space.

The works of Lovecraft are unique in their embrace of science fiction within horror. The author himself was deeply influenced by the findings of physics and astronomy, and these themes are interwoven with others throughout his work.

The Writings Of HP Lovecraft

• Ashes
• At the Mountains of Madness
• Azathoth
• Beyond the Wall of Sleep
• Celephaïs
• Collapsing Cosmoses
• The Colour out of Space
• Cool Air
• Dagon
• Deaf, Dumb, and Blind
• Ex Oblivione
• Facts Concerning the Late Arthur Jermyn and His Family
• The Festival
• From Beyond
• He
• Herbert West—Reanimator
• History of the Necronomicon
• Hypnos
• Ibid
• In the Vault
• In the Walls of Eryx
• Medusa’s Coil
• Memory
• Nyarlathotep
• Old Bugs
• Out of the Aeons
• Pickman’s Model
• Poetry and the Gods
• Polaris
• A Reminiscence of Dr. Samuel Johnson
• Sweet Ermengarde
• The Alchemist
• The Battle that Ended the Century
• The Beast in the Cave
• The Book
• The Call of Cthulhu
• The Case of Charles Dexter Ward
• The Cats of Ulthar
• The Challenge from Beyond
• The Crawling Chaos
• The Curse of Yig
• The Descendant
• The Diary of Alonzo Typer
• The Disinterment
• The Doom That Came to Sarnath
• The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath
• The Dreams in the Witch House
• The Dunwich Horror
• The Electric Executioner
• The Evil Clergyman
• The Ghost-Eater
• The Green Meadow
• The Haunter of the Dark
• The Hoard of the Wizard-Beast
• The Horror at Martin’s Beach
• The Horror at Red Hook
• The Horror in the Burying-Ground
• The Horror in the Museum
• The Hound
• The Last Test
• The Little Glass Bottle
• The Loved Dead
• The Lurking Fear
• The Man of Stone
• The Other Gods
• The Outsider
• The Quest of Iranon
• The Rats in the Walls
• The Secret Cave or John Lees Adventure
• The Shadow Out of Time
• The Shadow Over Innsmouth
• The Shadow over Innsmouth (Discarded Draft)
• The Shunned House
• The Silver Key
• The Slaying of the Monster
• The Statement of Randolph Carter
• The Strange High House in the Mist
• The Street
• The Temple
• The Terrible Old Man
• The Thing in the Moonlight
• The Thing on the Doorstep
• The Tomb
• The Transition of Juan Romero
• The Trap
• The Tree
• The Tree on the Hill
• The Unnamable
• The Very Old Folk
• The Whisperer in Darkness
• The White Ship
• Through the Gates of the Silver Key
• “Till A’ the Seas”
• Two Black Bottles
• Imprisoned With The Pharaohs
• What the Moon Brings
• Winged Death