Descend into the nerve-shattering realm of America's master of horror, H. P. Lovecraft-to a dank place where gloomy maelstroms await the unwary, where the unnatural is surpassed only by the unspeakable, and where all pleasure is perverse. Take a chance. . . . All you can lose is your sanity. The Doom That Came to Sarnath-The magnificent city had wealth beyond measure, but no riches could save it from a ghastly day of reckoning. The Shunned House-He vowed to rid the odious structure of the brooding horror that clung to it, but evil would not go gently. The Dream Quest of Unknown Kadath-Desperate to understand his tormenting vision, one man begins a forbidden and nightmarish journey. The Tomb-The old Hyde family crypt held a gruesome attraction for a boy, until he communed with the dead and learned their secrets. The Shadow Out of Time-The quest to understand the devouring force that once possessed a scholar leads a man to the other side of the world, where all will be revealed in one hideous, unholy night. PLUS ELEVEN OTHER MACABRE TALES OF PURE TERROR "From the Paperback edition."