Dagon and Other Macabre Tales (Magill’s Guide to Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature)
At a glance:
- Author: H. P. Lovecraft
- First Published: 1965
- Type of Work: Stories
- Type of Plot: Fantasy—occult
- Time of Work: Various times from antiquity to the near future
- Setting: Various places around the world and on other planets
- Genres: Short fiction, Fantasy, Magical and occult fantasy
- Subjects: Future, Other worlds, Horror
- Locales: Earth, Fictional planets
The Plot
This collection by perhaps the greatest twentieth century writer of horror fiction was assembled by his fellow fantasy writer, August Derleth, and reissued with a new introduction by T. E. D. Klein in 1986. The stories originally appeared in print between 1917 and 1936. After H. P. Lovecraft’s death in 1937, Derleth and his collaborator, Donald Wandrei, wanted to assemble and present in permanent form some of Lovecraft’s work that had appeared in pulp magazines such as Weird Tales. Lovecraft had often written of the strange research occurring in the library...
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