Collects the author's novel, four novellas, and fifty-three short stories. Written between the years 1917 and 1935, this collection features Lovecraft's trademark fantastical creatures and supernatural thrills, as well as many horrific and cautionary science-fiction themes. Includes such horror classics as The call of Cthulhu, At the mountains of madness, The Dunwich horror, The colour out of space, along with other works.

The beast in the cave -- The alchemist -- The tomb -- Dagon -- A reminiscence of Dr. Samuel Johnson -- Polaris -- Beyond the wall of sleep -- Memory -- Old bugs -- The transition of Juan Romero -- The white ship -- The street -- The doom that came to Sarnath -- The statement of Randolph Carter -- The terrible old man -- The cats of Ulthar -- The tree -- Celephaïs -- The picture in the house -- The temple -- Facts concerning the late Arthur Jermyn and his family -- From beyond -- Nyarlathotep -- The quest of Iranon -- The music of Erich Zann -- Ex oblivione -- Sweet Ermengarde -- The nameless city -- The outsider -- The moon-bog -- The other gods -- Azathoth -- Herbert West, reanimator -- Hypnos -- What the moon brings -- The hound -- The lurking fear -- The rats in the wall -- The unnamable -- The festival -- Under the pyramids -- The shunned house -- The horror at Red Hook -- He -- In the vault -- Cool air -- The call of Cthulhu -- Pickman's model -- The strange high house in the mist -- The silver key -- The dream-quest of unknown Kadath -- The case of Charles Dexter Ward -- The colour out of space -- The descendant -- The very old folk -- History of the Necronomicon -- The Dunwich horror -- Ibid -- The whisperer in darkness -- At the mountains of madness -- The shadow over Innsmouth -- The dreams in the Witch House -- Through the gates of the Silver Key -- The thing on the doorstep -- The evil clergyman -- The book -- The shadow out of time -- The haunter of the dark -- The life and times of H.P. Lovecraft.