H.P. Lovecraft's essay on Supernatural Horror in Literature is published here together with a showcase of the fiction which Lovecraft recommends. Authors includ

”The reader would do well to remember that it is Lovecraft‘s shadow which overlies almost all of the important horror fiction.”—Stephen King Written by

"This volume brings together 22 tales, the very best of [Lovecraft's] fiction"--Jacket.

When unworldly fantasist H.P. Lovecraft was approached by crafty fanatic George Sylvester Viereck to write an American Mein Kampf, the bait was almost irresisti