The Dead Valley and Others
Edited by S. T. Joshi
H. P. Lovecraft was a voracious reader of supernatural and fantastic fiction, and he was continually on the hunt for powerful and stimulating works in these genres. Many of the stories he read directly influenced his own writings.
Here is the second volume in the very popular Lovecraft's Favorite series.
Contents:
- Introduction by S. T. Joshi
- The Diamond Lens by Fitz-James O’Brien
- The Horla by Guy de Maupassant
- The Moon Pool by A. Merritt
- Count Magnus by M. R. James
- The Damned Thing by Ambrose Bierce
- The Dead Valley by Ralph Adams Cram
- The Bad Lands by John Metcalfe
- Ooze by Anthony M. Rud
- Fishhead by Irvin S. Cobb
- The Harbor-Master by Robert W. Chambers
- Ancient Sorceries by Algernon Blackwood
- Cassius by Henry S. Whitehead
- The Spider by Hanns Heinz Ewers
- Blind Man’s Buff by H. Russell Wakefield
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S. T. Joshi
S. T. Joshi is a leading authority on H. P. Lovecraft and the author of The Weird Tale (1990), The Modern Weird Tale (2001), The Rise and Fall of the Cthulhu Mythos (2008), and other critical and biographical studies. His biography, H. P. Lovecraft: A Life (1996), won the British Fantasy Award and the Horror Writers Association award; it has now been published in an unabridged edition as I Am Providence: The Life and Times of H. P. Lovecraft (2010). Joshi has prepared corrected editions of Lovecraft's fiction, poetry, and essays, and is working on a long-range project to publish Lovecraft's collected letters. He has also done work on Ambrose Bierce, H. L. Mencken, Lord Dunsany, and other writers. He has received the World Fantasy Award, the International Horror Guild Award, and the Distinguished Scholarship Award from the International Association for the Fantastic in the Arts. He lives in Seattle, Washington, with his wife, Leslie, and numerous cats.
H. P. Lovecraft's Favorite Horror Stories
H. P. Lovecraft's Favorite Horror Stories consists of two books. The current recommended reading order for the series is provided below.
