Lovecraft in a free, clean, and easy to read collection. Virtually unknown and only published in pulp magazines before he died in poverty, he is now regarded as one of the most significant twentiethcentury authors in his genre. However a couple of the readers sound like they are practicing english and are difficult to understand. The following is a categorized, alphabetical list of all the electronic texts of lovecrafts works available on the h. The book was published in 2008 by gollancz and is edited by stephen jones contents.
Lovecraft, was an american author of horror, fantasy, poetry and sc. The collected fiction of hpl all of lovecrafts stories without the collaborations 74 stories featuring more than 50 hours of content available by download or on custom usb drive in faux book. Lovecraft that have been converted into audio plays aka audio drama. Lovecraft s style without committing to a whole book. For nonusians, theres also an illustrated version on amazon. Rather than just being a straight read from the text, it makes the action of the story much more cinematic by relying on the dialogue, light narration, and sound effects to. The best hp lovecraft books thatll give you nightmares. Theres an app called librivox that has a good portion of lovecrafts works on audio for free. The following is a categorized, alphabetical list of all the electronic texts of lovecraft s works available on the h. One company calls audio drama a movie in your mind, and thats a great. My favorite lovecraft audio adaption that ive found so far is the dunwich horror radio drama by colin edwards that i found on the spotify playlist.
Lovecraft contains the original stories which lovecraft wrote as an adult. West of arkham the hills rise wild, and there are valleys with deep woods that no axe has ever cut. Lovecraft historical society has produced an audio recording of all of lovecraft s stories. Lovecraft historical society has produced an audio recording of all of lovecrafts stories. Pickmans model, the terrible old man, dagon, from beyond the cats of ulthar, nyarlathotep, imprisoned with the pharaohs, the book, memory. Everything we produce features custom professional voice acting, music andor sound effects. The dates for each of the tales are based primarily on s. The call of cthulhu probably the most well known and popular of the stories the call of cthulhu is a story told in three parts by a narrator who discovers aspects of a mysterious and savage cult centered around an inconceivable horror at the bottom of the sea. Nightgaunts dagon the statement of randolph carter the doom that came to sarnath the cats of ulthar. His major inspiration and invention was cosmic horror.
The call of cthulhu audiobook free download one of the bestloved works by h. The dreams in the witch house and other weird stories is the third book in the lovecraft paperback collection and was released in 2004. These zombie stories comprise lovecrafts reanimator minicycle, starting with his most famous work herbert west reanimator, the basis for the cult 1985 film reanimator many of these stories are, to put it bluntly, lovecrafts satirical take of mary shelleys frankenstein, although he does add a lot of his own spin to the genre the book also contains cool air and pickman. Nightgaunts the statement of randolph carter the doom that came to sarnath. In the story, thurston recounts his discovery of notes left behind by his granduncle, george gammell angell, a prominent professor of semitic. Lovecraft the thing on the doorstep wayne june by deadnest1. The book was published in 2008 by gollancz and is edited by stephen jones. Lovecraft included in arkham houses dagon and other macabre tales, but. The dunwich, written in 1928 and first published in weird tales in april 1929, is a short story by h. Stream and download audiobooks to your computer, tablet or mobile phone. You can also find audiobooks and audio plays alongside the original short stories and books. Creating the pdf wasnt a priority the stories are all available online and the two version ive created can be read on nearly every device, including computers, but it was still something i wanted. Lovecraft historical society produced the first complete audio recording of all of lovecraft s stories. Instead of downloading multiple mp3 files, you can now simply listen to the original audiobook for free and legally.
Lovecraft, and takes place in the isolated, desolate and decrepit village of dunwich. Dates for the fiction, collaborations and juvenilia are in the format. People new to lovecraft s fiction should start with. But that title, while a bit more truthful, was just too long. Lovecraft contains all the original stories which lovecraft wrote as an adult. This really should be called, the worlds largest english language h. Lovecraft, was an american author of horror, fantasy, poetry and science fiction, especially the subgenre known as weird fiction and many feel he is the acknowledged master of creepy, weird and unsettling stories. By using our website and our services, you agree to our use of cookies as described in our cookie policy. Theres also a podcast that analyzes his stories and has some full length readings for downloads. Aug 01, 2011 ive created a free ebook of lovecraft s fiction which you can download as epub, as pdf 8mb larger file, or for kindle. For historical purposes, it was good to learn something of h.
I listened to a couple of stories on it and found them mildly entertaining. The nameless city, perhaps the best known short story of this book, was inspired by a dream. Thirteen terrifying horror stories from the master of the macabre. Call of cthulhu and other stories audible audiobook unabridged h. I do apologize though, to those looking for nonenglish language links in this gateway. Quality differs due to readers being volunteers but its completely free. Lovecrafts untold stories is a fun shooter, for the most part. Lovecraft historical society has produced the definitive audio recording of lovecrafts collaboration tales. Lovecraft homepage the library classic vampire literature historical vampires dracula frankenstein h. Lovecraft historical society produced the first complete audio recording of all of lovecrafts stories. Jul 14, 2015 the dunwich, written in 1928 and first published in weird tales in april 1929, is a short story by h.
Sff audio has yet another huge collection of lovecraft stories read aloud, downloadable as mp3s. This collection includes some of the more fantasy style stories. Lovecraft 18901937 was an american author who achieved posthumous fame through his influential works of horror fiction. The book is ordered chronologically by the date the story was written. This audio bonanza features seventyfour stories adding up to more than fifty 50. Chilling tales for dark nights produces alloriginal horror audio content. Call of cthulhu and other stories, the naxos complete. Written in 1926 the story is presented as a manuscript found among the papers of the late francis wayland thurston, of boston. Fungi from yuggoth lovecraft reading full narrative poem by culain ruled by venus. People new to lovecrafts fiction should start with. Lovecraft a nice selection from a giant of fantasyhorror and a comment on the stories from me would superfluous. I often found myself zoning out while listening, and since i was listening to this as a distraction while exercising, it pretty much failed for me on all levels. These are not dramatizations like our dark adventure radio theatre rather, these are audiobooks of the original stories, in allnew, neverbeforeheard recordings made by the hplhs own andrew leman and sean branney exclusively for this collection.
Another order would be to read the stories in increasing order of quality, saving the best for last. Call of cthulhu hp lovecraft audio book with words. The complete works of lovecraft ebook now in pdf the arkham. Lovecraft s story the haunter of the dark was a sequel to a robert bloch story, and bloch later wrote a sequel to the haunter of the dark. Lovecraft, this popular, renowned radio audiobook is now available for free download from spotify, deezer, and in high quality from audible as well. Working from texts prepared by lovecraft scholar s. I believe that it is the most complete anthology on audible that is a single audiobook it tries to get most his most popular stories, but it is missing a few of his books that id consider essential reading, like shadow over innsmouth, at the mountains of madness, the case of charles dexter ward, and anything from the. Nov 26, 2015 chilling tales for dark nights produces alloriginal horror audio content. Finally, if you somehow cant find what youre looking for at any of those links, youre bound to at the worlds largest h. This collection contains 24 lovecraft works that are in the public. Lovecraft reading full narrative poem by culain ruled by venus. These are not dramatizations like our dark adventure radio theatre rather, this is an audiobook of the original stories, in allnew, neverbeforeheard recordings made by the hplhs own andrew leman and sean branney exclusively for this collection.
Call of cthulhu hp lovecraft audio book with words closed captions. Mar 25, 2017 the dream quest of unknown kadath unabridged, read by maria lectrix, 16th story in the dream cycle. Call of cthulhu hp lovecraft audio book with words closed captions by jayc2469. I own necronomicon, and i think that all of the readers are top notch. If youd like to donate as a thankyou, you can do so below. It begins in 1917 with the tomb and ends in 1935 with his last original work the haunter of the dark. Lovecraft howard phillips lovecraft, better known as h. If you can find the bloch stories you might want to read them in that order. Commemorative edition is a select collection of horror short stories, novellas and novels written by h.
While that works for most people, some had asked for a pdf copy for their computers or other devices. Call of cthulhu and other stories, the naxos complete classics audio cd october 5, 2010 by h. Lovecrafts story the haunter of the dark was a sequel to a robert bloch story, and bloch later wrote a sequel to the haunter of the dark. Lovecraft the following 77 pages are in this category, out of 77 total. Over 750,000 people have downloaded the ebook, over 99% of them for free.
Below is an alphabetical list of lovecrafts fiction, revisions, collaborations, and miscellaneous minor works, as well as some tales that are not extant. The complete works of lovecraft ebook now in pdf the. The madness from the sea the complete cthuvian english dictionary s. Rather than just being a straight read from the text, it makes the action of the story much more cinematic by relying on the dialogue, light narration, and sound effects to tell the story. Joshi, this collection features stories hpl wrote with other authors and includes, the curse of yig, the horror in the museum, the mound, the night ocean, and many others.