Shadows of Carcosa: Tales of Cosmic Horror by Lovecraft, Chambers, Machen, Poe, and Other Masters ofthe Weird

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Explore the weird world of cosmic horror with this horror anthology of classic short stories by Bram Stoker, H.P. Lovecraft, Henry James, and more. From the fictional land of Carcosa that inspired True Detective to H. P. Lovecraft’s accursed New England hills, this collection features some of the most legendary landscapes of the cosmic horror genre. The collection includes: • Edgar Allan Poe: "MS. Found in a Bottle" • Bram Stoker: "The Squaw" • Ambrose Bierce: "Moxon's Master", "The Damned Thing", and "An Inhabitant of Carcosa" • R. W. Chambers: "The Repairer of Reputations" • M. P. Shiel: "The House of Sounds" • Arthur Machen: "The White People" • Algernon Blackwood: "The Willows" • Henry James: "The Jolly Corner" • Walter de la Mare: "Seaton's Aunt" • H. P. Lovecraft: "The Colour Out of Space" “The true weird tale has something more than a secret murder, bloody bones, or a sheeted form clanking chains. An atmosphere of breathless and unexplainable dread of outer, unknown forces must be present; a hint of that most terrible conception of the human brain—a malign and particular suspension or defeat of those fixed laws of Nature which are our only safeguard against the assaults of chaos and the daemons of unplumbed space.” —H. P. Lovecraft

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Suitable for most readers 16 and up.

This anthology collects classic cosmic horror stories featuring disturbing supernatural events, psychological terror, and characters confronting incomprehensible forces. Contains some violence and themes of madness that may unsettle younger readers.

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