The Transition of H. P. Lovecraft: The Road to Madness by H. P. Lovecraft

By H. P. Lovecraft

Some of the most influential practitioners of yank horror, H.P. Lovecraft encouraged the paintings of Stephen King, Anne Rice, and Clive Barker. As he perfected his mastery of the macabre, his works built from seminal fragments into said masterpieces of terror. This quantity lines his chilling occupation and includes:

IMPRISONED WITH THE PHARAOHS--Houdini seeks to bare the demons that inhabit the Egyptian night.
AT THE MOUNTAINS OF MADNESS--An unsuspecting day trip uncovers a urban of untold terror, buried underneath an Antarctic wasteland.

Plus, for the 1st time in any Del Rey edition:

HERBERT WEST: REANIMATOR--Mad experiments yield hideous leads to this, the foundation for the cult movie Re-Animator.
COOL AIR--An icy condominium hides secrets and techniques no guy dares unlock.
THE negative previous MAN--The intruders search a fortune yet locate simply death!

AND TWENTY-FOUR extra BLOOD-CHILLING TALES

From the alternate Paperback edition.

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We're all going to do it. " "Well said, Ann," Kezzy approved. " the skeleton cackled. " I patted her on the shoulder. Then she walked over, got down on her knees, and got to it. Hannah was already going a mile a minute, and her guy was making noises like a cowboy at a rodeo. Mole Face grinned and flexed his boner for me. Fuck. I just leaned over and started sucking. It was awful, pathetic, and ridiculous: three 19-year-old girls blowing really old men. Of course, my guy's crotch stunk, but by then I was cauterized to it.

But, you know, that's another thing you constantly notice when you're fat. The slim, beautiful people can stuff their faces all they want and never gain an ounce, but me? If I eat, like, one candy bar, I put on five fuckin' pounds before I'm even done eating the motherfucker. Anyway, here's how the deal went for the next four days. " The Old Manning on that second night was nothing compared to what Kezzy had in store for us, and she wasn't kidding when she said the rest would be "exponentially worse" than blowing those old turds at the American Legion.

I got the Great Dane. Mercy and Hannah kind of went into shock just looking at these dogs, but I set an example, I guess. It's a state of mind, I told myself. I just had to get into that state, and then I could do anything. No way in a million years would I have even thought about doing something like this a week ago. But now? The carrot Kezzy was dangling in front of me was my fuckin' inheritance. I was not going to throw in the towel now. doing it to the Great Dane. His name was George, by the way, and he was a big ass dog.

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