The Very Old Folk

A narrator climbs out of a lightless castle toward company and light, and learns what he is. Among the most anthologized stories Lovecraft ever wrote.

H. P. Lovecraft

A student lodges below a mute violinist who plays all night at a window facing nothing. Lovecraft named this his own favourite among his tales.

H. P. Lovecraft

Six linked episodes following a medical student who refuses to accept that death is final. Written as a serial, and the closest Lovecraft came to outright body horror.

H. P. Lovecraft

A Boston painter shows a friend the canvases he keeps in a cellar studio, and explains where he works from life. A short tale with one of the best closing lines in the genre.

H. P. Lovecraft

A tenant befriends the doctor upstairs who keeps his rooms refrigerated at all times. Quiet, contained, and one of Lovecraft's most effective short pieces.

H. P. Lovecraft