Title: Supernatural Horror in Literature

Title: Supernatural Horror in Literature Title Record # 127581
Author: H. P. Lovecraft
Date: 1927-00-00
Type: ESSAY
Series: Supernatural Horror in Literature
Language: English

Note: Written in 1926-1927 and first published in The Recluse (1927) by W. Paul Cook. It was subsequently revised and was being reprinted as a serial in The Fantasy Fan from 1933 through February 1935 when the magazine was discontinued. (source: Introduction by August Derleth for the Arkham House editions of Dagon and Other Macabre Tales.)

Synopsis: Critical analysis of field of horror fiction, with reviews of various writers and their works.

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Year	Title
1937	Foreword: Notes on Writing Weird Fiction
1945	Supernatural Horror in Literature [as by Howard Phillips Lovecraft]

Year	Language	Title
1985^ⓘTranslated by Joachim Körber	German	Die Literatur des Grauens
2006	Portuguese	O terror sobrenatural na literatura
2014^ⓘTranslated by Alexander Pechmann.	German	Das übernatürliche Grauen in der Literatur
2021^ⓘTranslated by <a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/se.cgi?arg=David%20Camus&type=Name&mode=exact">David Camus</a>	French	Épouvante et surnaturel en littérature [as by Howard Phillips Lovecraft]

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist
The Recluse, 1927	1927-00-00	ed. W. Paul Cook	Recluse Press			78	quarto^?8.5" by 11" magazine, usually saddle-stapled, instead of side-stapled or glued	fanzine	Vrest Orton
The Outsider and Others	1939-00-00	H. P. Lovecraft	Arkham House (H.P. Lovecraft Trilogy #1)		$5.00^?$: US dollar	xiv+ 553	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Virgil Finlay
Dagon and Other Macabre Tales	1965-00-00	H. P. Lovecraft	Arkham House		$6.50^?$: US dollar	ix+ [1]+ 413+ [1]	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Lee Brown Coye
Dagon and Other Macabre Tales	1967-00-00	H. P. Lovecraft	Gollancz		30/-^?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).	413	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
Dagon and Other Macabre Tales	1969-00-00	H. P. Lovecraft	Arkham House		$7.50^?$: US dollar	ix+ [1]+ 413+ [1]	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Lee Brown Coye
Dagon and Other Macabre Tales	1969-00-00	H. P. Lovecraft	Panther	0-586-02866-8	£0.30^?£: UK pound	223	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll
Dagon and Other Macabre Tales	1969-00-00	H. P. Lovecraft	Panther	0-586-02866-8	£0.30^?£: UK pound	223	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll
Dagon and Other Macabre Tales	1971-00-00	H. P. Lovecraft	Arkham House		$7.50^?$: US dollar	ix+ [1]+ 413+ [1]	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Lee Brown Coye
Dagon and Other Macabre Tales	1973-00-00	H. P. Lovecraft	Panther	0-586-02866-8	£0.35^?£: UK pound	223	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll	Bob Haberfield
Weird Tales, Fall 1973	1973-09-00	ed. Sam Moskowitz	Weird Tales	47961	$0.75^?$: US dollar	100	pulp^?Magazine using the common pulp size: 6.5" by 9.5". For ISFDB purposes this may also be used as a designation for the quality of the paper. There are some untrimmed pulps that are as large as 8" by 11.75	mag	Gary van der Steur
Dagon and Other Macabre Tales	1975-11-00	H. P. Lovecraft	Arkham House	None	$7.50^?$: US dollar	ix+ [1]+ 413+ [1]	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Lee Brown Coye
The H. P. Lovecraft Omnibus 2: Dagon and Other Macabre Tales	1985-00-00	H. P. Lovecraft	Panther	0-586-06324-2	£2.95^?£: UK pound	512	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll	Tim White
Dagon and Other Macabre Tales	1987-00-00	H. P. Lovecraft	Arkham House	0-87054-039-4		lii+ 448	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Raymond Bayless
The H. P. Lovecraft Omnibus 2: Dagon and Other Macabre Tales	1987-00-00	H. P. Lovecraft	Grafton	0-586-06324-2	£3.50^?£: UK pound	512	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll	Tim White
Dagon and Other Macabre Tales	1987-01-00	H. P. Lovecraft	Arkham House	0-87054-039-4	$18.95^?$: US dollar	lii+ 448	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Raymond Bayless
The Recluse 1927	1990-00-00	ed. W. Paul Cook	Moshassuck Press			iii+ 78	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	anth
Dagon and Other Macabre Tales	1991-00-00	H. P. Lovecraft	Arkham House	0-87054-039-4		lii+ 448	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Raymond Bayless
H. P. Lovecraft's Book of Horror	1993-11-00	ed. Dave Carson, Stephen Jones	Barnes & Noble Books	1-56619-496-2	$7.98^?$: US dollar	xii+ 450	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Bruce Pennington
The H. P. Lovecraft Omnibus 2: Dagon and Other Macabre Tales	1994-00-00	H. P. Lovecraft	Grafton	0-586-06324-2	£5.99^?£: UK pound	512	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll	Tim White
H. P. Lovecraft's Book of Horror	1994-04-00	ed. Dave Carson, Stephen Jones	Robinson	1-85487-231-1	£6.99^?£: UK pound	450	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	anth	Bruce Pennington
Dagon and Other Macabre Tales	1997-00-00	H. P. Lovecraft	Arkham House	0-87054-039-4		lii+ 448	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Raymond Bayless
The Annotated Supernatural Horror in Literature	2000-09-01	H. P. Lovecraft	Hippocampus Press	0-9673215-0-6	$15.00^?$: US dollar	176	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	non-fic
Dagon and Other Macabre Tales	2001-00-00	H. P. Lovecraft	Arkham House	0-87054-039-4	$25.95^?$: US dollar	lii+ 448	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Tony Patrick
The World's Greatest Horror Stories	2004-03-00	ed. Dave Carson, Stephen Jones	Barnes & Noble Books	0-7607-5466-7	$7.95^?$: US dollar	xii+ 450	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	anth	Simon Marsden
At the Mountains of Madness	2005-06-00	H. P. Lovecraft	Modern Library (Modern Library Classics)	0-812-97441-7	$9.95^?$: US dollar	xxv+ 186	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel
H. P. Lovecraft's Book of Horror	2008-00-00	ed. Dave Carson, Stephen Jones	Fall River Press	978-1-4351-0745-8		532	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Igor Satanovsky
The Fiction: Complete and Unabridged	2008-00-00	H. P. Lovecraft	Barnes & Noble Books (Library of Essential Writers)	978-1-4351-0793-9		xiv+ 1098	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	omni	Sven Geier
The Fantasy Fan: The Fans' Own Magazine	2010-00-00	ed. Charles D. Hornig	Lance Thingmaker			192+ 96+ 55	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
H. P. Lovecraft: Masters of the Weird Tale	2010-12-01	H. P. Lovecraft	Centipede Press (Masters of the Weird Tale)	978-1-933618-14-2	$495.00^?$: US dollar	1220	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
The Complete Fiction	2011-03-01	H. P. Lovecraft	Barnes & Noble Books (Barnes & Noble Leatherbound Classics)	978-1-4351-2296-3	$20.00^?$: US dollar	xiv+ 1098	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	omni	Sven Geier
Supernatural Horror in Literature & Other Literary Essays	2011-04-07	H. P. Lovecraft	Wildside Press	978-1-4344-3082-3	$12.99^?$: US dollar	132	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	coll
Eldritch Tales: A Miscellany of the Macabre	2011-07-21	H. P. Lovecraft	Gollancz	978-0-575-09935-7	£20.00^?£: UK pound	xvii+ 538	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Les Edwards
Eldritch Tales: A Miscellany of the Macabre	2011-07-21	H. P. Lovecraft	Gollancz	978-0-575-09963-0	£16.99^?£: UK pound	xvii+ 538	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	coll	Les Edwards
Eldritch Tales: A Miscellany of the Macabre	2011-07-21	H. P. Lovecraft	Gollancz / Orion	978-0-575-09936-4	£10.99^?£: UK pound		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	coll	Les Edwards
Mythos: Myths and Tales of H. P. Lovecraft & Robert E. Howard	2011-10-31	ed. Gwendolyn Toynton	Numen Books	978-0-9871581-0-9	$15.95^?$: US dollar	335	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	anth
The Annotated Supernatural Horror in Literature: Revised and Enlarged	2012-03-14	H. P. Lovecraft	Hippocampus Press	978-1-61498-028-5	$15.00^?$: US dollar	228	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	non-fic
The Annotated Supernatural Horror in Literature: Revised and Enlarged	2013-07-03	H. P. Lovecraft	Hippocampus Press	978-1-61498-068-1	$6.00^?$: US dollar		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	non-fic
The Complete Fiction of H. P. Lovecraft	2014-09-09	H. P. Lovecraft	Race Point Publishing (Knickerbocker Classics)	978-1-63106-001-4	$35.00^?$: US dollar	xvii+ 1102	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	omni	Dave Carson
H.P. Lovecraft: The Complete Fiction Omnibus: The Early Years: 1908-1925	2018-03-15	Finn J. D. John, H. P. Lovecraft	Pulp-Lit Productions	978-1-63591-312-5	$29.99^?$: US dollar	527	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	coll	Harold S. DeLay
H.P. Lovecraft: The Complete Fiction Omnibus: The Early Years: 1908-1925	2018-03-15	Finn J. D. John, H. P. Lovecraft	Pulp-Lit Productions	978-1-63591-313-2	$8.99^?$: US dollar	527	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	coll	Harold S. DeLay
Spectral Tales: Classic Ghost Stories	2019-09-06	ed. uncredited	Warbler Classics	978-1-73402-920-8	$14.00^?$: US dollar	358	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	anth
Eldritch Tales: A Miscellany of the Macabre	2020-03-19	H. P. Lovecraft	Gollancz	978-1-4732-3064-4	£25.00^?£: UK pound	560	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Les Edwards
The H. P. Lovecraft Omnibus 2: Dagon and Other Macabre Tales	date unknown	H. P. Lovecraft	Voyager / HarperCollins	0-586-06324-2	£7.99^?£: UK pound	512	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll	Tim White
The H. P. Lovecraft Omnibus 2: Dagon and Other Macabre Tales	date unknown	H. P. Lovecraft	Voyager / HarperCollins	0-586-06324-2	£7.99^?£: UK pound	512	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll	Tim White
The Complete Fiction of H. P. Lovecraft	date unknown	H. P. Lovecraft	Race Point Publishing (Knickerbocker Classics)	978-1-63106-001-4	£25.99^?£: UK pound	xvii+ 1102	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	omni	Dave Carson
The Complete Fiction	date unknown	H. P. Lovecraft	Barnes & Noble Books	978-1-4351-2296-3		xiv+ 1098	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	omni	Sven Geier

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