A definitive edition of stories by the master of supernatural
fiction
Howard Phillips Lovecraft's unique contribution to American literature
was a melding of traditional supernaturalism (derived chiefly from Edgar
Allan Poe) with the genre of science fiction that emerged in the early
1920s. This Penguin Classics edition brings together a dozen of the
master's tales-from his early short stories "Under the Pyramids"
(originally ghostwritten for Harry Houdini) and "The Music of Erich
Zann" (which Lovecraft ranked second among his own favorites) through
his more fully developed works, "The Dunwich Horror," The Case of
Charles Dexter Ward, and At the Mountains of Madness.
The Thing on the Doorstep and Other Weird Stories presents the
definitive corrected texts of these works, along with Lovecraft critic
and biographer S. T. Joshi's illuminating introduction and notes to each
story.
For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of
classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700
titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works
throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the
series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and
notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as
up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.