The Lovecraft Vault

THE NOVEL OF THE BLACK SEAL is a work of horror by Arthur Machen—a key story in his 1895 novel, "The Three Impostors". The story follows Professor Gregg, an antiquarian whose studies uncover disturbin...

20 Apr 20251h 44min

MEMORY was written in 1919 and first published in The United Co-operative, June 1919. This ultra-short story takes place in a ruined, ancient world where a spirit and a demon discuss the fate of human...

17 Apr 202510min

BEYOND THE WALL OF SLEEP was written in 1919 and first published in Pine Cones in October of that same year. The story is narrated by an unnamed researcher at a mental hospital who becomes fascinated ...

16 Apr 202529min

THE BLACK STONE is a Cthulhu Mythos story by American author, Robert E. Howard, first published in the November 1931 edition of Weird Tales Magazine. Notably, it marks the first appearance of the fict...

12 Apr 202544min

THE TALE OF SATAMPRA ZEIROS is a Cthulhu Mythos short story by Clark Ashton Smith, forming part of his Hyperborean Cycle. The tale, which first appeared in Weird Tales Magazine in November 1931, tells...

11 Apr 202530min

THE BEAST IN THE CAVE was written in 1904 when Lovecraft was just a teenager and was first published in The Vagrant in June 1918. The story follows an unnamed protagonist who becomes lost while explor...

9 Apr 202516min

THE WHITE SHIP is a fantasy story that belongs to Lovecraft's Dream Cycle. It was written in October 1919 and first published in United Amateur in November 1919.The story follows Basil Elton, a lighth...

6 Apr 202517min

HISTORY OF THE NECRONOMICON was written in 1927 but remained unpublished until 1938, a year after Lovecraft’s death, when it appeared in Leaves, a publication by Rebel Press. Presented as a scholarly ...

5 Apr 20256min