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Lovecraft's Influences and Favorites

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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The Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allan Poe (Josh Kibbey)
What Was It? by Fitz-James O'Brien (Rafe Ball)
The Little Red Kitten by Lafcadio Hearn (Availle)
The Upper Berth by F. Marion Crawford (Chris Pyle)
The Death of Halpin Frayser by Ambrose Bierce (oogiesragdoll)
The Mark of the Beast by Rudyard Kipling (Rafe Ball)
The Captain of the 'Pole-Star' by Arthur Conan Doyle (Josh Kibbey)
The Yellow Sign by Robert W. Chambers (Dan Ficklin)
Xelucha by M. P. Shiel (Peter Yearsley)
The Red Room by H. G. Wells (Maria de Fátima da Silva)
The Shadows on the Wall by Mary E. Wilkins (Maria de Fátima da Silva)
The Harbor-Master by Robert W. Chambers (Robert Doolan)
The White People by Arthur Machen - Pt 1 (Ian Virly)
The White People by Arthur Machen - Pt 2 (Ian Virly)
The White People by Arthur Machen - Pt 3 (Ian Virly)
Lost Hearts by M. R. James (JMH Powell)
The Willows by Algernon Blackwood, Pt 1 (Alan Winterrowd)
The Willows by Algernon Blackwood, Pt 2 (Alan Winterrowd)
The Willows by Algernon Blackwood, Pt 3 (Alan Winterrowd)
The Willows by Algernon Blackwood, Pt 4 (Alan Winterrowd)
The Hashish Man by Lord Dunsany (Rafe Ball)
The Unhappy Body by Lord Dunsany (Stefan Von Blon)
Fishhead by Irvin S. Cobb (Peter Yearsley)
The Hashish-Eater, or the Apocalypse of Evil by Clark Ashton Smith (Alan Winterrowd)
Seaton's Aunt by Walter de la Mare, Pt 1 (Rafe Ball)
Seaton's Aunt by Walter de la Mare, Pt 2 (Rafe Ball)
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