Title: Supernatural Horror in Literature

Title: Supernatural Horror in Literature Title Record # 127581
Author: H. P. Lovecraft
Date: 1927-00-00
Type: ESSAY
Series: Supernatural Horror in Literature
Language: English

Note: According to August Derleth's Introduction to the Arkham House editions of Dagon and Other Macabre Tales, the original version of this essay was written in 1926-1927 and first published in The Recluse (1927) by W. Paul Cook. The essay was subsequently "lightly" revised as per Stephen Jones' "Introduction: Supernatural Horror in Literature" in "H. P. Lovecraft's Book of the Supernatural: Classic Tales of the Macabre". It was in the process of being reprinted as a serial in The Fantasy Fan from 1933 through February 1935 when the magazine was discontinued. According to Acknowledgments in "H. P. Lovecraft's Book of the Supernatural: Classic Tales of the Macabre", the revised version was published in "Amateur Correspondent" #1, May-June 1937 and "Supramundane Stories" #2, Spring 1938. The version left unfinished at Lovecraft's death in 1937 was published posthumously in ''The Outsider and Others''.

Synopsis: Critical analysis of field of horror fiction, with reviews of various writers and their works.

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Year	Title
1937	Foreword: Notes on Writing Weird Fiction
1945	Supernatural Horror in Literature [as by Howard Phillips Lovecraft]

Year	Language	Title
1985^ⓘTranslated by Joachim Körber	German	Die Literatur des Grauens
1989^ⓘTranslated by Franz Rottensteiner	German	Anmerkungen zum Schreiben unheimlicher Erzählungen
2006^ⓘTranslated by Ana Magalhães and Daniel Seabra Lopes.	Portuguese	O terror sobrenatural na literatura
2014^ⓘTranslated by Alexander Pechmann.	German	Das übernatürliche Grauen in der Literatur^?Das uebernatuerliche Grauen in der Literatur
2014^ⓘTranslated by François Truchaud and Jacques Bergier.	French	Épouvante et surnaturel en littérature^?Epouvante et surnaturel en litterature [as by Howard Phillips Lovecraft]
2021^ⓘTranslated by David Camus	French	Épouvante et surnaturel en littérature [as by Howard Phillips Lovecraft]

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist
The Recluse, 1927	1927-00-00	ed. W. Paul Cook	Recluse Press			78	quarto^?8.5" by 11" magazine, usually saddle-stapled, instead of side-stapled or glued	fanzine	Vrest Orton
The Outsider and Others	1939-00-00	H. P. Lovecraft	Arkham House (H.P. Lovecraft Trilogy #1)		$5.00^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	xiv+ 553	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Virgil Finlay
Supernatural Horror in Literature	1945-00-00	Howard Phillips Lovecraft	Ben Abramson		$2.50^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	106	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	non-fic
Dagon and Other Macabre Tales	1965-00-00	H. P. Lovecraft	Arkham House		$6.50^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	ix+ [1]+ 413+ [1]	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Lee Brown Coye
Dagon and Other Macabre Tales	1967-00-00	H. P. Lovecraft	Gollancz		30/-^?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).	ix+ 413	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
Dagon and Other Macabre Tales	1969-00-00	H. P. Lovecraft	Arkham House		$7.50^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	ix+ [1]+ 413+ [1]	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Lee Brown Coye
Dagon and Other Macabre Tales	1969-00-00	H. P. Lovecraft	Panther	0-586-02866-8	£0.30^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	223	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll
Dagon and Other Macabre Tales	1969-00-00	H. P. Lovecraft	Panther	0-586-02866-8	£0.30^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	223	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll
Dagon and Other Macabre Tales	1971-00-00	H. P. Lovecraft	Arkham House		$7.50^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	ix+ [1]+ 413+ [1]	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Lee Brown Coye
Dagon and Other Macabre Tales	1973-00-00	H. P. Lovecraft	Panther	0-586-02866-8	£0.35^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	223	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll	Bob Haberfield
Supernatural Horror in Literature	1973-00-00	Howard Phillips Lovecraft	Dover Publications	0-486-20105-8	$2.25^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	ix+ 106	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	non-fic	Theodore Menten
Weird Tales, Fall 1973	1973-09-00	ed. Sam Moskowitz	Weird Tales	47961	$0.75^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	100	pulp^?Magazine using the common pulp size: 6.5" by 9.5". For ISFDB purposes this may also be used as a designation for the quality of the paper. There are some untrimmed pulps that are as large as 8" by 11.75	mag	Gary van der Steur
Dagon and Other Macabre Tales	1975-11-00	H. P. Lovecraft	Arkham House	None	$7.50^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	ix+ [1]+ 413+ [1]	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Lee Brown Coye
Die Literatur des Grauens	1985-00-00	H. P. Lovecraft	Edition Phantasia	3-924959-01-3	DM 48.00^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark. ISO code: DEM in 1948-1999	127	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	non-fic	Helmut Wenske
The H. P. Lovecraft Omnibus 2: Dagon and Other Macabre Tales	1985-00-00	H. P. Lovecraft	Panther	0-586-06324-2	£2.95^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	512	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll	Tim White
Dagon and Other Macabre Tales	1987-00-00	H. P. Lovecraft	Arkham House	0-87054-039-4		lii+ 448	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Raymond Bayless
The H. P. Lovecraft Omnibus 2: Dagon and Other Macabre Tales	1987-00-00	H. P. Lovecraft	Grafton	0-586-06324-2	£3.50^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	512	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll	Tim White
Dagon and Other Macabre Tales	1987-01-00	H. P. Lovecraft	Arkham House	0-87054-039-4	$18.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	lii+ 448	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Raymond Bayless
Azatoth	1989-00-00	H. P. Lovecraft	Suhrkamp (Phantastische Bibliothek #230)	3-518-38127-X / 1627	DM 14.00^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark. ISO code: DEM in 1948-1999	311	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll	Tom Breuer
The Recluse 1927	1990-00-00	ed. W. Paul Cook	Moshassuck Press			iii+ 78	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	anth
Dagon and Other Macabre Tales	1991-00-00	H. P. Lovecraft	Arkham House	0-87054-039-4	$19.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	lii+ 448	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Raymond Bayless
H. P. Lovecraft's Book of Horror	1993-11-00	ed. Dave Carson, Stephen Jones	Barnes & Noble Books	1-56619-496-2	$7.98^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	xii+ 450	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Bruce Pennington
The H. P. Lovecraft Omnibus 2: Dagon and Other Macabre Tales	1994-00-00	H. P. Lovecraft	Grafton	0-586-06324-2	£5.99^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	512	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll	Tim White
H. P. Lovecraft's Book of Horror	1994-04-00	ed. Dave Carson, Stephen Jones	Robinson	1-85487-231-1	£6.99^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	xii+ 450	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	anth	Bruce Pennington
Dagon and Other Macabre Tales	1997-00-00	H. P. Lovecraft	Arkham House	0-87054-039-4		lii+ 448	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Raymond Bayless
The Annotated Supernatural Horror in Literature	2000-09-00	H. P. Lovecraft	Hippocampus Press	0-9673215-0-6	$15.00^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	172	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	non-fic	Vrest Orton
Dagon and Other Macabre Tales	2001-00-00	H. P. Lovecraft	Arkham House	0-87054-039-4	$25.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	lii+ 448	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Tony Patrick
The World's Greatest Horror Stories	2004-03-00	ed. Dave Carson, Stephen Jones	Barnes & Noble Books	0-7607-5466-7	$7.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	xii+ 450	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	anth	Simon Marsden
At the Mountains of Madness	2005-06-00	H. P. Lovecraft	Modern Library (Modern Library Classics)	0-8129-7441-7	$9.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	xxv+ 186	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel
O terror sobrenatural na literatura	2006-00-00	H. P. Lovecraft	Vega (Passagens #40)	972-699-852-2		146	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	non-fic	Francis Bacon (artist)
H. P. Lovecraft's Book of the Supernatural: 20 Classics of the Macabre, Chosen by the Master of Horror Himself	2006-08-01	ed. Stephen Jones	Pegasus Books	978-1-60598-201-4			ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	anth	Randy Broecker
H. P. Lovecraft's Book of the Supernatural: 20 Classics of the Macabre, Chosen by the Master of Horror Himself	2006-09-00	ed. Stephen Jones	Pegasus Books	978-1-933648-01-9	$15.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	xxiv+ 483	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	anth	Randy Broecker , John Pocacio
H. P. Lovecraft's Book of the Supernatural: 19 Classics of the Macabre, Chosen by the Master of Horror Himself	2007-06-25	ed. Stephen Jones	Fall River Press	978-0-7607-9123-3	$7.98^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	xxvi+ 354	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
H. P. Lovecraft's Book of Horror	2008-00-00	ed. Dave Carson, Stephen Jones	Fall River Press	978-1-4351-0745-8	$7.98^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	532	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Igor Satanovsky
The Fiction: Complete and Unabridged	2008-00-00	H. P. Lovecraft	Barnes & Noble Books (Library of Essential Writers)	978-1-4351-0793-9		xiv+ 1098	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	omni	Sven Geier
H. P. Lovecraft: Masters of the Weird Tale	2008-11-01	H. P. Lovecraft	Centipede Press (Masters of the Weird Tale)	978-1-933618-14-2	$495.00^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	1220	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
The Fantasy Fan: The Fans' Own Magazine	2010-00-00	ed. Charles D. Hornig	Lance Thingmaker			192+ 96+ 55	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
The Complete Fiction	2011-03-01	H. P. Lovecraft	Barnes & Noble Books (Barnes & Noble Leatherbound Classics)	978-1-4351-2296-3	$20.00^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	xiv+ 1098	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	omni	Sven Geier
Supernatural Horror in Literature & Other Literary Essays	2011-04-07	H. P. Lovecraft	Wildside Press	978-1-4344-3082-3	$12.99^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	132	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	coll
Eldritch Tales: A Miscellany of the Macabre	2011-07-21	H. P. Lovecraft	Gollancz	978-0-575-09963-0	£16.99^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	xvii+ 538	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	coll	Les Edwards
Eldritch Tales: A Miscellany of the Macabre	2011-07-21	H. P. Lovecraft	Gollancz	978-0-575-09935-7	£20.00^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	xvii+ 538	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Les Edwards
Eldritch Tales: A Miscellany of the Macabre	2011-07-21	H. P. Lovecraft	Gollancz / Orion	978-0-575-09936-4	£10.99^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	coll	Les Edwards
Mythos: Myths and Tales of H. P. Lovecraft & Robert E. Howard	2011-10-31	ed. Gwendolyn Toynton	Numen Books	978-0-9871581-0-9	$15.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	335	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	anth
The Annotated Supernatural Horror in Literature: Revised and Enlarged	2012-03-14	H. P. Lovecraft	Hippocampus Press	978-1-61498-028-5	$15.00^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	228	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	non-fic
The Annotated Supernatural Horror in Literature: Revised and Enlarged	2013-07-03	H. P. Lovecraft	Hippocampus Press	978-1-61498-068-1	$6.00^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	non-fic
Complete Collection of H. P. Lovecraft	2014-00-00	H. P. Lovecraft	Ageless Reads	978-1-4566-2416-3			ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	omni
Das übernatürliche Grauen in der Literatur	2014-02-00	H. P. Lovecraft	Golkonda	978-3-944720-21-0	€16.90^?€: Euro. ISO code: EUR	241	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	non-fic	s.BENeš^?s.BENes
Épouvante et surnaturel en littérature^?Epouvante et surnaturel en litterature	2014-05-00	Howard Phillips Lovecraft	Terre de Brume (Terres Fantastiques)	978-2-84362-528-2	€16.00^?€: Euro. ISO code: EUR	142	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	non-fic	Matt Buck
The Complete Fiction of H. P. Lovecraft	2014-09-09	H. P. Lovecraft	Race Point Publishing (Knickerbocker Classics)	978-1-63106-001-4	$35.00^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	xvii+ 1102	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	omni	Dave Carson
H.P. Lovecraft: The Complete Fiction Omnibus: The Early Years: 1908-1925	2018-00-00	H. P. Lovecraft	Pulp-Lit Productions	978-1-63591-318-7		xxiii+ 526	ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	coll	Harold S. DeLay
H.P. Lovecraft: The Complete Fiction Omnibus: The Early Years: 1908-1925	2018-03-15	H. P. Lovecraft	Pulp-Lit Productions	978-1-63591-312-5	$29.99^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	527	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	coll	Harold S. DeLay
H.P. Lovecraft: The Complete Fiction Omnibus: The Early Years: 1908-1925	2018-03-15	H. P. Lovecraft	Pulp-Lit Productions	978-1-63591-313-2	$8.99^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	527	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	coll	Harold S. DeLay
Supernatural Horror in Literature	2018-04-23	H. P. Lovecraft	The H. P. Lovecraft Historical Society				digital audio download^?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts.	non-fic
The Complete Weird-Fiction Works of H.P. Lovecraft: In One Volume	2019-06-12	H. P. Lovecraft	Pulp-Lit Productions	978-1-63591-363-7	$5.99^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	omni	Margaret Brundage
Spectral Tales: Classic Ghost Stories	2019-09-06	ed. uncredited	Warbler Classics	978-1-7340292-0-8	$14.00^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	352	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	anth
Eldritch Tales: A Miscellany of the Macabre	2020-03-19	H. P. Lovecraft	Gollancz	978-1-4732-3064-4	£25.00^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	560	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Les Edwards
Essais - Correspondance - Poésie - Révisions	2021-09-14	Howard Phillips Lovecraft	Mnémos^?Mnemos (Intégrale Howard Phillips Lovecraft #6)	978-2-35408-998-6		682	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Zdzislaw Beksinski
Intégrale	2021-09-14	Howard Phillips Lovecraft	Mnémos^?Mnemos (Intégrales)		€120.00^?€: Euro. ISO code: EUR		hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	omni	Zdzislaw Beksinski , Zdzislaw Beksinski , Zdzislaw Beksinski , Zdzislaw Beksinski , Zdzislaw Beksinski , Zdzislaw Beksinski , Zdzislaw Beksinski
Supernatural Horror in Literature	date unknown	Howard Phillips Lovecraft	Dover Publications	0-486-20105-8	$3.50^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	106	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	non-fic	Theodore Menten
The Annotated Supernatural Horror in Literature	date unknown	H. P. Lovecraft	Hippocampus Press	0-9673215-0-6	$15.00^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	172	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	non-fic	Vrest Orton
The Complete Fiction	date unknown	H. P. Lovecraft	Barnes & Noble Books	978-1-4351-2296-3		xiv+ 1098	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	omni	Sven Geier
The Complete Fiction of H. P. Lovecraft	date unknown	H. P. Lovecraft	Race Point Publishing (Knickerbocker Classics)	978-1-63106-001-4	£25.99^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	xvii+ 1102	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	omni	Dave Carson
The Fiction: Complete and Unabridged	date unknown	H. P. Lovecraft	Barnes & Noble Books (Library of Essential Writers)	978-1-4351-0793-9		xiv+ 1098	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	omni	Sven Geier
The H. P. Lovecraft Omnibus 2: Dagon and Other Macabre Tales	date unknown	H. P. Lovecraft	Voyager / HarperCollins	0-586-06324-2	£7.99^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	512	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll	Tim White
The H. P. Lovecraft Omnibus 2: Dagon and Other Macabre Tales	date unknown	H. P. Lovecraft	Voyager / HarperCollins	0-586-06324-2	£7.99^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	512	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll	Tim White

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