Lovecraft's Influences and Favorites
Author(s): Various
Genre(s): Horror & Supernatural Fiction, Anthologies
Narrators: Josh Kibbey, Rafe Ball, Availle, Chris Pyle, Oogiesragdoll, Dan Ficklin, Peter Yearsley, Maria De Fátima Da Silva, Robert Doolan, Ian Virly, JMH Powell, Alan Winterrowd, Stefan Von Blon
Number of Chapters: 26
Length: 13 hours and 44 minutes
Language: English
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