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Das Ding auf der Schwelle: "Es ist wahr, dass ich meinem besten Freund sechs Kugeln durch den Kopf gejagt habe, und dennoch hoffe ich mit dieser Aussage zu beweisen, dass nicht ich sein Mörder bin. Zunächst wird man mich einen Wahnsinnigen nennen - wahnsinniger noch als der Mann, den ich in seiner Zelle in der Heilanstalt von Arkham niedergeschossen habe."

Ein junger Liebhaber der Genealogie und der Geschichte dringt in die Annalen seiner eigenen Vergangenheit ein und stößt dabei auf einen höchst unguten Vorfahren...

Professor Peaslee bricht während einer Vorlesung bewusstlos zusammen und erwacht erst Stunden später. Er leidet unter völligem Gedächtnisverlust. Sechs Jahre später beginnt er mit der Konstruktion einer seltsamen Maschine. Kurz darauf findet man ihn wieder bewusstlos. Die Maschine ist verschwunden.

Providence, Etats-Unis, 1918. Dès son enfance, Charles Dexter Ward s'est passionné d'histoire et de généalogie. Au hasard de ses recherches, il se découvre un ancêtre effrayant nommé Joseph Curwen, qui avait fui la ville de Salem lors des chasses aux sorciers du XVIIIe siècle, pour s'établir à Providence, où il décéda mystérieusement en 1771. Cette découverte est le début d'une obsession qui va virer à la folie. Obstinément, le jeune Ward s'évertue à retrouver les traces de cet énigmatique Joseph Curwen et commence à montrer un inquiétant mimétisme avec son aïeul...

Que se passe-t-il dans l'ancien port d'Innsmouth ? Pourquoi les gens évitent ses habitants comme s'ils étaient maudits ? Je m'y retrouvais par les hasards d'un voyage... Mais était-ce vraiment un hasard ? Et j'y vécus la plus terrible nuit de mon existence ! Je croyais avoir survécu au pire... Mais le cauchemar ne faisait que commencer !

In "The Dunwich Horror" (1928), Wilbur Whateley, the son of a deformed albino mother and an unknown father, matures at an abnormal rate, reaching manhood within a decade. All the while, his sorcerer grandfather indoctrinates him into certain dark rituals and the study of witchcraft. "The Thing at the Doorstep" was written five years later. Confessing to the killing of his friend Edward Derby, Daniel Upton hopes his account will prove he is not a murderer.

When local newspapers report strange things seen floating in rivers during a historic Vermont flood, Albert Wilmarth becomes embroiled in a controversy about the reality and significance of the sightings. However it isn’t until he receives communication from Henry Wentworth Akeley that he is offered the proof he requires.

Considered to the be one of most influential American authors, Howard Philip Lovecraft is synonymous with some of the best fantasy and horror fiction of the 20th century, second only to Edgar Allan Poe. Innsmouth is a dilapidated seaside town with secrets as a hybrid race of half-human and half-amphibian creatures worship the gods of Cthulhu and Dagon.

The lurking fear dwelt in the shunned and deserted Martense mansion, which crowned the high but gradual eminence whose liability to frequent thunderstorms gave it the name of Tempest Mountain. For over a hundred years the antique, grove-circled stone house had been the subject of stories incredibly wild and monstrously hideous; stories of a silent colossal creeping death which stalked abroad in summer. It seemed the stories might have been true when myself and a horde of reporters descended on the Catskills to follow up a rumour that an entire village had sunk into the earth.

A student of Native American lore investigates Yig - the shadowy snake god of an extinct tribe of the Great Plains. His investigation uncovers an account from 1889 of settlers homesteading in the Indian Territories of Oklahoma. A pervasive fear of snakes nudges a simple settler towards madness. Are his fears of the dreaded snake god's curse just the result of hearing old stories, or is a new story unfolding as Yig's curse takes hold?

Four works in one collection: The Call of Cthulhu, The Shadow Over Innsmouth, and At the Mountains of Madness by H.P. Lovecraft. Also The Life of Lovecraft: An Original Biography by CSA Publishing. Howard Lovecraft, well-known for his style of weird fiction and horror stories, is attributed as the creator of the Cthulhu Mythos and one of the most significant authors of supernatural horror fiction of the 20th-century.

At the Mountains of Madness tells the first-person tale of geologist William Dyer, a professor from Miskatonic University in the USA. He writes to disclose hitherto unknown and closely kept secrets in the hope that he can deter a planned and much publicized scientific expedition to Antarctica. For he has been there and seen the unimaginable horrors that lay beyond the mountains. At the Mountains of Madness was written by HP Lovecraft in 1931, originally a serialised story published in Astounding Stories magazine in the US.

(Re)Vivez le cauchemar. Envie de (re)lire la nouvelle du "Cauchemar d'Innsmouth" d'H.P. Lovecraft ? Et que diriez-vous de la vivre cette fois-ci ? C'est exactement ce que vous propose cet ouvrage : visitez la ville d'Innsmouth en voyageant dans le texte originel et les descriptions d'H.P. Lovecraft lui-même ! Vous pourrez littéralement vous balader dans la nouvelle, visiter ses lieux, parler à ses personnages et voyager dans l'œuvre du maître pour y vivre votre propre aventure.

Le famose storie dell’orrore dello scrittore statunitense Howard Phillips Lovecraft continuano a far discutere gli appassionati, incerti se collocarle nella categoria del fantastico più originale o delle cronache di un possibile domani, di un oggi “laterale” in cui antichi misteri si aprono come crepe nel tessuto della realtà.

They're baaaaaaaaaaaaacckkkkk!!! Rocky Coast Radio Theatre returns with yet another copious cornucopia of classic concoctions, crafted and compiled for the captive congregation (gotta love that thesaurus!). Nightmares on Congress Street, Part V offers dramatized adaptations (complete with music and sound effects) of chilling stories penned by Edgar Allan Poe, Hugh B. Cave, and H. P. Lovecraft, as well as a few additional treats.

During a time of political and social unrest in Egypt, a god-like force, Nyarlathotep, emerges. He travels the land dazzling people with electricity and psychology. While witnesses of this god-like creature encourage others to see him, afterwards, people seem terrified. As the narrator recounts his experiences, he becomes disoriented. By the end of the story, the narrator and the other viewers of Nyarlathotep begin to lose touch with reality.

This is the tale of a 228 year old man, born in 1690, telling about his interactions with Dr. Samuel Johnson. A large part focuses on their belonging to a literary club and the other men who also participated in the club. It is a simple observance of social interactions, as put forth by a very old man and his dated voice.

Randolph Carter’s dreams are disturbed by an unspeakably beautiful city, that he knows intimately yet can not reach. Desperate to reach the city he begins a journey through the dreamlands seeking the forbidden paths to the fabled Kadath.

L'orrore che si scatena in una isolata e decadente cittadina americana, evocato e guidato da forze oscure e aliene...

This audiobook features more than a dozen stories by H. P. Lovecraft.