36 DREADFUL POEMS OF COSMIC HORRORS

In H.P. Lovecraft’s famous poetry cycle, an occultist steals an ancient tome of forbidden lore—but when he begins to read, it takes on a nightmarish journey throughout space, time, and alternate realities. Each dark poem reveals a new horrifying dream-vision, each filled with Lovecraft’s signature blend of cosmic horror and alienation.

Also included is Lovecraft’s incomplete short story The Book, where he tried to translate his weird poetry cycle into prose—but, unfortunately, never finished it.

THE BLACK TOME OF ALSOPHOCUS Over forty years after Lovecraft’s death, Martin S. Warnes attempted to complete The Book in a “posthumous collaboration” with HPL. The result was The Black Tome of Alsophocus, published in the anthology New Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos by Arkham House in 1980. Click to find out how Warnes ended it!

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

H.P. Lovecraft (1890—1937) was an American author and poet of horror, dark fantasy, and weird fiction. He is most well known for his creation of what became the Cthulhu Mythos, as well as pioneering the concept of “cosmic horror”, which continues to influence the horror genre today. Lovecraft was inducted into the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame in 2016.