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Robert Hichens
The Folly of Eustace: Eustace Lane decided at any early age to don the mask of the clown. People began to take notice, calling him a whimsical, irresponsible creature. He…
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August Derleth
Some of the most powerful works in August Derleth's Sac Prairie saga are those that deal with young love. This is the focus of his pioneering novel Evening in Spring…
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H. P. Lovecraft
H. P. Lovecraft reinvented the horror genre for the twentieth century. Discarding witches and ghosts, he envisaged mankind as an outpost of dwindling sanity in a chaotic and malevolent universe…
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Discusses the ideas and impact of 27 atheists, agnostics, and secularists whose ideas have shaped society over the last 200 years. In the opinion of many critics and philosophers, we…
The fifteenth issue of Spectral Realms features scintillating work from many of the leading weird poets of today, including Frank Coffman, Wade German, K. A. Opperman, Ann K. Schwader, and…
In The Collected Drama of H. L. Mencken: Plays and Criticism, S. T. Joshi has assembled for the first time Mencken’s dramatic works, comprising six one-act plays and the lengthy…
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The Lovecraftian Solar System ……. Fred S. Lubnow
Hungry fer Victuals I Couldn’t Raise nor Buy Anthropophagy in Lovecraft ……. Duncan NorrisThe Rings of Cthulhu: Lovecraft…
S T Joshi
In addition to being a prolific critic and editor and an occasional fiction writer, S. T. Joshi has long been a classical musician-violinist, singer, composer, and conductor. Over the past…
The third issue of Penumbra, the acclaimed Hippocampus Press annual magazine of weird fiction, poetry, and criticism, features provocative stories from both veterans and novices. Steven Woodworth sets his tale…
An exhaustive work covering the full range of topics relating to vampires, including literature, film and television, and folklore. Encyclopedia of the Vampire: The Living Dead in Myth, Legend, and…
S. T. Joshi
In this, the first academic study of Dunsany’s work, Joshi establishes that Dunsany has a remarkable grasp of the symbolic function of fantasy, and that he used fantasy, horror, and…
Horror and the supernatural have fascinated people for centuries, and many of the most central figures appear over and over again.
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Examined by the leading critic of supernatural literature through detailed examinations of five ‘founding fathers’ of the genre: Arthur Machen, Lord Dunsany, Algernon Blackwood, M R James, and H P…
Table of Contents:Dispatches from the Providence Observatory: Astronomical Motifs and Sources in the Writings of H. P. Lovecraft……T. R. LiveseyThe Sickness unto Death in H. P. Lovecraft’s The…
Assembles various writings on atheism, agnosticism, and scepticism. This book is arranged to address significant questions pertaining to religious belief - the existence of God, immortality, the nature of religious…
This fifteenth issue of The Lovecraft Annual features cutting-edge scholarship on the life, work, and thought of H. P. Lovecraft. Among the biographical articles, we find Horace A. Smith examining…
A witty examination of America’s bestselling novels, covering works by Danielle Steel, Barbara Taylor Bradford, Nora Roberts, Mary Higgins Clark, Sue Grafton, Patricia Cornwell, James Patterson, Nelson DeMille, Robert Ludlum…
Examines the writings of such conservative icons as Russell Kirk, William F Buckley Jr, Phyllis Schlafly, and nine others. This book uncovers statements that most people would consider not just…
S. T. Joshi has established himself as a leading critic and scholar of the weird tale. Having begun by studying the work of H. P. Lovecraft, Joshi has expanded his…
The latest edition of The Lovecraft Annual includes the best new Lovecraftian scholarship. Table of Contents: Lovecraft and the Ray-Gun…………T. R. Livesey; What Is the Unnamable ? H. P. Lovecraft…
Table of Contents Lovecraft’s The Bride of the Sea and the Uses of Bathos………Manuel Perez-Campos Following The Ancient Track ………Jonathan Adams Letters to Carl Ferdinand Strauch………H. P. Lovecraft Appendix: A…
It is well known that H. P. Lovecraft was virtually ignored by the mainstream literary community in his time, being known only in the tiny worlds of amateur journalism and…
The most exhaustive and comprehensive bibliography of the writings of H. L. Mencken ever assembled, this volume presents detailed information on Mencken’s book publications from 1903 to the present. It…
H. P. Lovecraft (1890-1937), the pioneering writer of weird fiction, has himself become an icon in popular culture. Stories, novels, and other works featuring the gaunt, lantern-jawed gentleman from Providence…
This fifth instalment of S. T. Joshi’s critically acclaimed Black Wings series features twenty stories that use H. P. Lovecraft’s mythos as the basis for imaginative ventures into the weird…
This year’s bountiful issue of The Lovecraft Annual features a trio of articles on the Eddy family. David Haden writes an authoritative article on Lovecraft’s relations with the bookseller Arthur…
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The Melancholia of H. P. Lovecraft’s The Music of Erich Zann
James Goho
Feminine Powerlessness and Deference in The Case of Charles Dexter WardCecelia Hopkins-Drewer
Ravening…
In contrast to atheism, which asserts that God does not exist, agnosticism holds that reason and the best scientific evidence do not allow one to reach a decisive conclusion regarding…
Takes a controversial look at religion and its components, claiming that it lacks any evidence of existence, while calling for a presence of rationality and atheism.
Gathers together works which document the scorn and contempt for the ‘weaker sex’ that most women endured for generations. This title aims to make the readers appreciate all the more…
During his lifetime, H. P. Lovecraft did not have a single book of his stories published. When he died in 1937, he probably envisioned the oblivion that would overtake his…
Lovecraft Annual is published once a year, in Fall. Articles and letters should be sent to the editor, S. T. Joshi, ? Hippocampus Press, and must be accompanied by a…
The definitive critical guide to the life and works of H.P. Lovecraft, the premier writer of horror fiction in the first half of the 20th century, written by the world’s…
Offers a collection of weird and frightening American short fiction. This book celebrates the richness of this tradition with chilling contributions from some of the nation’s brightest literary lights, including…
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