The Best of H.P. Lovecraft : Bloodcurdling Tales of Horror and the Macabre

xxii, 406 pp. Introduction by Robert Bloch. Lovecraft's readership was limited during his life, but his reputation since then has grown in leaps, and he is now regarded as one of the most influential horror writers of the 20th century. For decades there was a long and complex controversy about copyright regarding H. P. Lovecraft's stories, but it is now clear in recent years that his stories have effectively entered into the public domain as there is no record of copyright renewals at the Library of Congress, and other factors also have indicated the same. One feels that Lovecraft would not have minded, as he was very generous with his work and encouraged other authors to borrow ideas from him and develop them. Includes: Introduction: Heritage of Horror by Robert Bloch; The Rats in the Walls; The Picture in the House; The Outsider; Pickman's Model; In the Vault; The Silver Key; The Music of Erich Zann; The Call of Cthulhu; The Dunwich Horror; The Whisperer in Darkness; The Colour Out of Space; The Haunter of the Dark; The Thing on the Doorstep; The Shadow Over Innsmouth; The Dreams in the Witch-House; The Shadow Out of Time.