A meteorite leaves behind globules of colour that do not fall within the range of anything known in the visible spectrum in a shunned place later referred to as the "blasted heath”.
The tale of how a law in the town of Ulthar that forbids the killing of cats came to be.
An unfinished short story first published after Lovecraft's death. An ancient book produces weird and sinister events.
A man becomes lost in Mammoth Cave’s pitch darkness, when he hears strange non-human footsteps approaching him.
A whole aristocratic family is cursed to die on reaching the age of 32, until only one descendent remains.
A sleepless man watches Polaris winking hideously like an insane watching eye which strives to convey some strange message, yet recalls nothing save that it once had a message to convey.
A unique tale about a woman reconciling the ugliness of the world with the poetry of others.
A tall, swarthy man who resembles an ancient Egyptian pharaoh wanders the earth gathering legions of followers through his demonstrations of strange and seemingly magical instruments.