Lurking Fear: Collected Short Stories Vol 4

Selected and Introduced by M.J. Elliot. ‘The thing came abruptly and unannounced; a demon, rat-like, scurrying from pits remote and unimaginable, a hellish panting and stifled grunting, and then from that opening beneath the chimney a burst of multitudinous and leprous life – a loathsome night-spawned flood of organic corruption more devastatingly hideous than the blackest conjurations of mortal madness and morbidity.’ Only the expansive imagination of H.P. Lovecraft could conceive the delicious and spine-tingling horrors you will find within the pages of this unique collection. In addition to such classics as `The Picture in the House`, `The Music of Erich Zann` and `The Rats in the Walls`, this volume contains some fascinating rarities: examples of Lovecraft`s earliest weird fiction and material unpublished during his lifetime. H.P. Lovecraft`s creation of the Cthulhu Mythos has influenced many modern authors, and still remains at the forefront of supernatural literature.