The Horror Collection: Dracula, Frankenstein, The Call of Cthulhu, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, At the Mountains of Madness, The Raven, The Horror at Red Hook and More

by H.P. Lovecraft, Edgar Allan Poe, Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

Inside this classic horror set you’ll find disturbing and spine-chilling stories from some of the most beloved horror authors of all time. From Lovecraft’s strange pulp fiction to tales from the nineteenth century, discover the unsettling world of monsters, ancient deities, and the occult.

The Gothic horror Dracula, the chilling tale of the Count’s quest to find new blood, and the people who stood in his way.

H. P. Lovecraft’s fan-favorite Cthulhu mythos, with disturbing short stories including The Call of Cthulhu, The Dunwich Horror, and The Shadow over Innsmouth.

Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde delves into Victorian London with a tale of good, evil, and monstrous transformations.

The Raven, Edgar Allan Poe’s supernatural-themed poem with talking birds, tragedy, and madness.

Frankenstein, a story about a scientist creating a terrible monster which has stayed in the minds of readers since 1818.

One of Lovecraft’s earlier works, The Horror at Red Hook tells the tale of a New York Detective and his encounters with a sinister and supernatural occult.

When a trip to Antarctica goes horribly wrong, At The Mountains of Madness contains geologist William Dyer’s discovery of an ancient, terrible secret lost among the ice.

And Lovecraft’s The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath, the strange quest of Randolph Carter to find a sunset city in his dreams, which takes him to magical cities, horrifying monsters, and the Outer Gods.

With a variety of unsettling stories that have stood the test of time, along with 10 stunning hand-drawn illustrations, you’re bound to find something you’ll enjoy.

1033 pages, Kindle Edition

Published August 4, 2019

About the author

Howard Phillips Lovecraft, of Providence, Rhode Island, was an American author of horror, fantasy and science fiction.

Lovecraft's major inspiration and invention was cosmic horror: life is incomprehensible to human minds and the universe is fundamentally alien. Those who genuinely reason, like his protagonists, gamble with sanity. Lovecraft has developed a cult following for his Cthulhu Mythos, a series of loosely interconnected fictions featuring a pantheon of human-nullifying entities, as well as the Necronomicon, a fictional grimoire of magical rites and forbidden lore. His works were deeply pessimistic and cynical, challenging the values of the Enlightenment, Romanticism and Christianity. Lovecraft's protagonists usually achieve the mirror-opposite of traditional gnosis and mysticism by momentarily glimpsing the horror of ultimate reality.

Although Lovecraft's readership was limited during his life, his reputation has grown over the decades. He is now commonly regarded as one of the most influential horror writers of the 20th Century, exerting widespread and indirect influence, and frequently compared to Edgar Allan Poe.
See also Howard Phillips Lovecraft.

— Wikipedia

Reviews

[Greg Parrott · Rating 4 out of 5]

One of the few audiobooks I've made it all the way through. Audio typically doesn't work for me for history, non-fiction, etc. especially if there are diagrams and pictures. But listening to these classics worked OK. I'm starting a new one now to see how it goes. For the audio perspective I had no real issues with the narrators, though a few kind of overdid it for some of the characters they changed their voice to. Any other issues were related to the book writer's form and drawing out some things that could have been shorter!