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  Nyarlathotep

  H.P. Lovecraft

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  Nyarlathotep is a fictional character created by H. P. Lovecraft. The character is a malign deity in the Lovecraft Mythos, a shared universe. First appearing in Lovecraft's 1920 prose poem "Nyarlathotep", he was later mentioned in other works by Lovecraft and by other writers. Later writers describe him as one of the Outer Gods, a malevolent pantheon.In a 1921 letter to Reinhardt Kleiner, Lovecraft related the dream he had had—described as "the most realistic and horrible [nightmare] I have experienced since the age of ten"—that served as the basis for his prose poem "Nyarlathotep". In the dream, he received a letter from his friend Samuel Loveman that read:Don't fail to see Nyarlathotep if he comes to Providence. He is horrible—horrible beyond anything you can imagine—but wonderful. He haunts one for hours afterwards. I am still shuddering at what he showed.Lovecraft commented:I had never heard the name NYARLATHOTEP before, but seemed to understand the allusion. Nyarlathotep was a kind of itinerant showman or lecturer who held forth in public halls and aroused widespread fear and discussion with his exhibitions. These exhibitions consisted of two parts—first, a horrible—possibly prophetic—cinema reel; and later some extraordinary experiments with scientific and electrical apparatus. As I received the letter, I seemed to recall that Nyarlathotep was already in Providence.... I seemed to remember that persons had whispered to me in awe of his horrors, and warned me not to go near him. But Loveman's dream letter decided me.... As I left the house I saw throngs of men plodding through the night, all whispering affrightedly and bound in one direction. I fell in with them, afraid yet eager to see and hear the great, the obscure, the unutterable Nyarlathotep.Will Murray has speculated that this dream image of Nyarlathotep may have been inspired by the inventor Nikola Tesla, whose well-attended lectures did involve extraordinary experiments with electrical apparatus and whom some saw as a sinister figure.

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  Horror Stories At Sea - Scary...

  Joseph Conrad, Guy de...

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  Being on a ship is usually very safe.  The days of sinking after hitting an iceberg are almost unthinkable.  A ship goes from one port to another, seemingly without a care in the world.  Advanced technology has kept this means of transport as no more uncomfortable as maybe a bit of queasiness after going up and down in a storm.  But worse?  No, not really possible, is it? 
   
  In this volume our authors beg to differ.  They would like to bring us stories where being on a ship is simply the worse place to be.  Horror and terror, and worse, infest their narratives and threaten all and everything aboard.  
   
  1 - Horror Stories at Sea - An Introduction 
  2 - The Brute by Joseph Conrad 
  3 - The Horla by Guy De Maupassant  
  4 - A Fight with a Cannon by Victor Hugo 
  5 - The Shamraken Homeward-Bounder by William Hope Hodgson 
  6 - The Striped Chest by Arthur Conan Doyle 
  7 - The Upper Berth by F Marion Crawford 
  8 - The Voice in the Night by William Hope Hodgson

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  The Sandman Cometh

  Rachel Lawson

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  "Sandy, The Sandman article about how sleep better was really good it really helped me sleep last night," said Lance Alexander Kristine's Dad said to Zac's Dad at their work. 
   "Your Necromancer article was very good too" said Sandy. 
   "Alexander, Sandman my office now!" Shouted their boss. 
   "We better dash he has no patience," said Sandy. 
   "Yes," agreed Lance. 
   They virtually ran to the office. 
   "What took you, were you slacking off again," asked Orlando King their boss when they arrived not long later. 
   "No, sir," said Sandy. 
   "What did you miss us Lando, I'm touched," said Lance sarcastically. 
   "No I wanted to talk to you about your recent articles," said Lando. 
   "You read them my life is complete," Lance said. 
   Lando was used Lance's sarcastic manner he would wonder if something was wrong if he wasn't as sharp as a barb. 
   "I always read your articles I'm the editor," snapped back Lando. 
   "Did you love them," asked Lance. 
   "No, your interview with the victim was too short," said Lando. 
  "I interviewed a ghost they aren't very talkative," Lance said. 
   "They aren't," said Sandy standing up for his friend. 
   "You are a magician too," asked Lando. 
   "Yes," said Sandy. 
   "Talking about you your Sandman article was so bad I could sleep at all last night," said Lando.

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  The Haunting of Crow House

  A. W. James

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  When the ghosts are in the walls, there's nowhere left to run 
   
   
   
  The Wilson family moves to a house in the woods, unaware that their lives will be changed forever. What should have been a fresh start quickly becomes a nightmare when an ancient evil rips through the family. 
   
   
   
  For the survivors, there will be no peace. When the stakes are more than just life-and-death, how much would you sacrifice to save your family?

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  The Tree

  H.P. Lovecraft

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  "The Tree" is a macabre short story by American horror fiction writer H. P. Lovecraft. It was written in 1920, and published in October 1921 in The Tryout. Set in ancient Greece, the story concerns two sculptors who accept a commission with ironic consequences.On a slope of Mount Maenalus in Arcadia is an olive grove that grows around a marble tomb and the ruin of an old villa. There, one gigantic tree resembles a frighteningly distorted man, and the roots of the tree have shifted the blocks of the tomb.The narrator explains that the beekeeper who lives next door told him a story about the tree: Two renowned sculptors, Kalos and Musides, lived in the colonnaded villa, which was "resplendent" in its day. Both men created works that were widely known and celebrated. They were devoted friends, but different in disposition: Musides enjoyed the nightlife, while Kalos preferred the quiet of the olive grove. It was there he was said to receive his inspiration...The end of the story recalls the Latin aphorism that precedes the text: "Fata viam invenient" ("fate will find a way").

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  Dagon

  H.P. Lovecraft

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  Who knows what unspeakable horrors lie in the deep places of the world, beneath fathoms of cold, dark water and eons of cold, dark time? One man knows, though he wishes he did not. 
  Dagon was written in 1917 and first published in 1919. This is one of the first examples of Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos.

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