The Outsider and Others

About this book

A solitary figure leaves an ancient dwelling and discovers an unbearable truth about himself. In other stories, forbidden books and abandoned settlements expose human beings to creatures that belong to the oldest nightmares of the world.

This major Lovecraft collection gathers weird fiction of different periods, from Gothic dream pieces to the better-known cosmic tales. Its range shows the writer developing a more distinctive mythology of alien gods, hidden histories and hostile immensities. The stories work best when their ordinary details make a final discovery feel impossible to escape.