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P. Lovecraft">H. P. Lovecraft</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Weirdtales-1929-01-thesilverkey.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Weirdtales-1929-01-thesilverkey.jpg/220px-Weirdtales-1929-01-thesilverkey.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="341" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Weirdtales-1929-01-thesilverkey.jpg/330px-Weirdtales-1929-01-thesilverkey.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Weirdtales-1929-01-thesilverkey.jpg/440px-Weirdtales-1929-01-thesilverkey.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1920" data-file-height="2974" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Title page of "The Silver Key" as it appeared in <i><a href="/wiki/Weird_Tales" title="Weird Tales">Weird Tales</a></i>, January 1929. Illustration by <a href="/wiki/Hugh_Doak_Rankin" title="Hugh Doak Rankin">Hugh Rankin</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background: #ededed;color:inherit;"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Wikiversity-Mooc-Icon-Further-readings.svg/25px-Wikiversity-Mooc-Icon-Further-readings.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="25" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Wikiversity-Mooc-Icon-Further-readings.svg/38px-Wikiversity-Mooc-Icon-Further-readings.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Wikiversity-Mooc-Icon-Further-readings.svg/50px-Wikiversity-Mooc-Icon-Further-readings.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="32" data-file-height="32" /></span></span><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Silver_Key" class="extiw" title="wikisource:The Silver Key"><i>Text available</i></a> at <a href="/wiki/Wikisource" title="Wikisource">Wikisource</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">Country</th><td class="infobox-data">United States</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">Language</th><td class="infobox-data">English</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">Genre(s)</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Fantasy" title="Fantasy">Fantasy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Weird_fiction" title="Weird fiction">weird fiction</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background: #ededed;color:inherit;">Publication</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">Published in</th><td class="infobox-data"><i><a href="/wiki/Weird_Tales" title="Weird Tales">Weird Tales</a></i></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">Publication date</th><td class="infobox-data">January 1929</td></tr></tbody></table> <p>"<b>The Silver Key</b>" is a <a href="/wiki/Fantasy_fiction" class="mw-redirect" title="Fantasy fiction">fantasy</a> short story by American writer <a href="/wiki/H._P._Lovecraft" title="H. P. Lovecraft">H. P. Lovecraft</a>. Written in 1926, it is considered part of his <a href="/wiki/Dreamlands" class="mw-redirect" title="Dreamlands">Dreamlands</a> series. It was first published in the January 1929 issue of <i><a href="/wiki/Weird_Tales" title="Weird Tales">Weird Tales</a></i>. It is a continuation of "<a href="/wiki/The_Dream-Quest_of_Unknown_Kadath" title="The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath">The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath</a>", and was followed by a sequel, "<a href="/wiki/Through_the_Gates_of_the_Silver_Key" title="Through the Gates of the Silver Key">Through the Gates of the Silver Key</a>", co-written with <a href="/wiki/E._Hoffmann_Price" title="E. Hoffmann Price">E. Hoffmann Price</a>. The story and its sequel both feature Lovecraft's recurring character of <a href="/wiki/Randolph_Carter" title="Randolph Carter">Randolph Carter</a> as the protagonist. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Plot">Plot</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Silver_Key&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Plot"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Randolph_Carter" title="Randolph Carter">Randolph Carter</a> discovers, at the age of 30, that he has gradually "lost the key to the gate of dreams." Randolph once believed life is made up of nothing but pictures in memory, whether they be from real life or dreams. He highly prefers his romantic nightly dreams of fantastic places and beings to the "prosiness of life". He believes his dreams to reveal truths missing from man's waking ideas, regarding the purpose of humans and the universe, primary among these being the truth of beauty as perceived and invented by humans in times past. </p><p>As he ages, though, he finds that his daily waking exposure to the more "practical", scientific ideas of man has eroded his ability to dream as he once did and has made him, regretfully, subscribe more and more to the mundane beliefs of everyday, waking "real life". But, still not certain which is truer, he sets out to determine whether the waking ideas of man are superior to his dreams, and in the process, he passes through several unsatisfying philosophical stances. Discouraged, he eventually withdraws from these lines of inquiry, and goes into seclusion. </p><p>After a time, a hint of the fantastic enters his dreams again, though he is still unable to dream of the strange cities of his youth, leaving him wanting more. During one of these dreams, his long-dead grandfather tells him of a silver key in his attic, inscribed with mysterious <a href="/wiki/Arabesque" title="Arabesque">arabesque</a> symbols, which he finds and takes with him on a visit to his boyhood home in the backwoods of northeastern Massachusetts (the <a href="/wiki/Lovecraft_Country" title="Lovecraft Country">setting</a> for many of Lovecraft's stories), where he enters a mysterious cave that he used to play in. The key somehow enables him to return to his childhood as a ten-year-old boy, and his adult self disappears from his normal time. </p><p>The story then relates how Randolph's relatives had noted, beginning at the age of ten, that he had somehow gained the ability to glimpse events in his future. The narrator of the story then states that he expects to meet Randolph soon, in one of his own dreams, "in a certain dream-city we both used to haunt", reigning there as a new king, where the narrator may look at Randolph's key, whose symbols he hopes will tell him the mysteries of the cosmos. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Connections">Connections</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Silver_Key&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Connections"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>"The Silver Key" alludes to other Lovecraft stories that feature Randolph Carter, allowing the reader to place these stories in chronological order: first <i><a href="/wiki/The_Dream-Quest_of_Unknown_Kadath" title="The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath">The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath</a></i>, then "<a href="/wiki/The_Statement_of_Randolph_Carter" title="The Statement of Randolph Carter">The Statement of Randolph Carter</a>", followed by "<a href="/wiki/The_Unnamable_(short_story)" title="The Unnamable (short story)">The Unnamable</a>". "The Silver Key" and "<a href="/wiki/Through_the_Gates_of_the_Silver_Key" title="Through the Gates of the Silver Key">Through the Gates of the Silver Key</a>" are set at the end of this sequence.<sup id="cite_ref-Joshi_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Joshi-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><i><a href="/wiki/An_H._P._Lovecraft_Encyclopedia" title="An H. P. Lovecraft Encyclopedia">An H. P. Lovecraft Encyclopedia</a></i> compares "The Silver Key" to Lovecraft's early story "<a href="/wiki/The_Tomb_(short_story)" title="The Tomb (short story)">The Tomb</a>", whose narrator, Jervas Dudley, also "discovers in his attic a physical key that allows him to unlock the secrets of the past."<sup id="cite_ref-Joshi_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Joshi-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Inspiration">Inspiration</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Silver_Key&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Inspiration"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>"The Silver Key" is thought to have been inspired in part by Lovecraft's visit to <a href="/wiki/Foster,_Rhode_Island" title="Foster, Rhode Island">Foster, Rhode Island</a>, where his maternal ancestors lived. The character Benijah Corey from the story seems to combine the names of Emma Corey Phillips, one of Lovecraft's relatives, and Benejah Place, a farmer who lived across the street from the home where Lovecraft stayed.<sup id="cite_ref-Joshi_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Joshi-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Carter's search for meaning through a succession of philosophical and aesthetic approaches may have been inspired by <a href="/wiki/J._K._Huysmans" class="mw-redirect" title="J. K. Huysmans">J. K. Huysmans</a>' <i><a href="/wiki/A_rebours" class="mw-redirect" title="A rebours">A rebours</a></i> (1884), whose main character undertakes a similar progression.<sup id="cite_ref-Joshi_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Joshi-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Reaction">Reaction</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Silver_Key&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Reaction"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>Weird Tales</i> editor <a href="/wiki/Farnsworth_Wright" title="Farnsworth Wright">Farnsworth Wright</a> rejected "The Silver Key" when Lovecraft submitted it in mid-1927. The next year, however, Wright asked to see the story again and accepted it. He later told Lovecraft that the story was "violently disliked" by readers.<sup id="cite_ref-Joshi_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Joshi-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Influence">Influence</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Silver_Key&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Influence"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>The Silver Key was used as an artifact that caused people to see waking dreams of Lovecraft's creatures in a fourth-season episode of the mystery series <i><a href="/wiki/Warehouse_13" title="Warehouse 13">Warehouse 13</a></i>.</li> <li>NeuroCreativa is creating a Lovecraftian video game titled <i>The Silver Key</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>In <a href="/wiki/Jonathan_L._Howard" title="Jonathan L. Howard">Jonathan L. Howard</a>'s novel <i>Johannes Cabal: The Fear Institute</i>, the Silver Key is an artifact that allows physical access to <a href="/wiki/Dreamlands" class="mw-redirect" title="Dreamlands">Dreamlands</a> for people who wouldn't be able to get in the normal way, such as scientifically-minded Cabal.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>In <a href="/wiki/Wild_Arms_2" title="Wild Arms 2">Wild Arms 2</a>, the demon summoner Caina uses a large magical key as a weapon, which is named Randolph the Magic Key.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Other_media">Other media</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Silver_Key&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Other media"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i>The Silver Key</i> features prominently in <i>Lovecraftian: The Shipwright Circle</i> by <a href="/w/index.php?title=Steven_Philip_Jones&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Steven Philip Jones (page does not exist)">Steven Philip Jones</a>. 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Lovecraft</a> into one single universe modern epic.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Silver_Key&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?61947">"Publication: Weird Tales, January 1929"</a>. 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Lovecraft bibliography">Bibliography</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Short stories</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Beast_in_the_Cave" title="The Beast in the Cave">The Beast in the Cave</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Alchemist_(short_story)" title="The Alchemist (short story)">The Alchemist</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Tomb_(short_story)" title="The Tomb (short story)">The Tomb</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Dagon_(short_story)" title="Dagon (short story)">Dagon</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/A_Reminiscence_of_Dr._Samuel_Johnson" title="A Reminiscence of Dr. Samuel Johnson">A Reminiscence of Dr. Samuel Johnson</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Polaris_(short_story)" title="Polaris (short story)">Polaris</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Beyond_the_Wall_of_Sleep" title="Beyond the Wall of Sleep">Beyond the Wall of Sleep</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Memory_(H._P._Lovecraft)" title="Memory (H. P. Lovecraft)">Memory</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Old_Bugs" title="Old Bugs">Old Bugs</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Transition_of_Juan_Romero" title="The Transition of Juan Romero">The Transition of Juan Romero</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_White_Ship_(story)" title="The White Ship (story)">The White Ship</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Street_(short_story)" title="The Street (short story)">The Street</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Doom_That_Came_to_Sarnath" title="The Doom That Came to Sarnath">The Doom That Came to Sarnath</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Statement_of_Randolph_Carter" title="The Statement of Randolph Carter">The Statement of Randolph Carter</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Terrible_Old_Man" title="The Terrible Old Man">The Terrible Old Man</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Tree_(short_story)" title="The Tree (short story)">The Tree</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Cats_of_Ulthar" title="The Cats of Ulthar">The Cats of Ulthar</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Temple_(Lovecraft_short_story)" title="The Temple (Lovecraft short story)">The Temple</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Facts_Concerning_the_Late_Arthur_Jermyn_and_His_Family" title="Facts Concerning the Late Arthur Jermyn and His Family">Facts Concerning the Late Arthur Jermyn and His Family</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Celepha%C3%AFs" title="Celephaïs">Celephaïs</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/From_Beyond_(short_story)" title="From Beyond (short story)">From Beyond</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Nyarlathotep_(short_story)" title="Nyarlathotep (short story)">Nyarlathotep</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Picture_in_the_House" title="The Picture in the House">The Picture in the House</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Ex_Oblivione" title="Ex Oblivione">Ex Oblivione</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Sweet_Ermengarde" title="Sweet Ermengarde">Sweet Ermengarde</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Nameless_City" title="The Nameless City">The Nameless City</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Quest_of_Iranon" title="The Quest of Iranon">The Quest of Iranon</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Moon-Bog" title="The Moon-Bog">The Moon-Bog</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Outsider_(short_story)" title="The Outsider (short story)">The Outsider</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Other_Gods" title="The Other Gods">The Other Gods</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Music_of_Erich_Zann" title="The Music of Erich Zann">The Music of Erich Zann</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Herbert_West%E2%80%93Reanimator" title="Herbert West–Reanimator">Herbert West–Reanimator</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Hypnos_(short_story)" title="Hypnos (short story)">Hypnos</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/What_the_Moon_Brings" title="What the Moon Brings">What the Moon Brings</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Azathoth_(short_story)" title="Azathoth (short story)">Azathoth</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Hound" title="The Hound">The Hound</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Lurking_Fear" title="The Lurking Fear">The Lurking Fear</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Rats_in_the_Walls" title="The Rats in the Walls">The Rats in the Walls</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Unnamable_(short_story)" title="The Unnamable (short story)">The Unnamable</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Festival_(short_story)" title="The Festival (short story)">The Festival</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Shunned_House" title="The Shunned House">The Shunned House</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Horror_at_Red_Hook" title="The Horror at Red Hook">The Horror at Red Hook</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/He_(short_story)" title="He (short story)">He</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/In_the_Vault" title="In the Vault">In the Vault</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Cool_Air" title="Cool Air">Cool Air</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Call_of_Cthulhu" title="The Call of Cthulhu">The Call of Cthulhu</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Pickman%27s_Model" title="Pickman's Model">Pickman's Model</a>"</li> <li>"<a class="mw-selflink selflink">The Silver Key</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Strange_High_House_in_the_Mist" title="The Strange High House in the Mist">The Strange High House in the Mist</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Colour_Out_of_Space" title="The Colour Out of Space">The Colour Out of Space</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Descendant_(short_story)" title="The Descendant (short story)">The Descendant</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Necronomicon" title="History of the Necronomicon">History of the <i>Necronomicon</i></a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Very_Old_Folk" title="The Very Old Folk">The Very Old Folk</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Ibid_(short_story)" title="Ibid (short story)">Ibid</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Dunwich_Horror" title="The Dunwich Horror">The Dunwich Horror</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Dreams_in_the_Witch_House" title="The Dreams in the Witch House">The Dreams in the Witch House</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Thing_on_the_Doorstep" title="The Thing on the Doorstep">The Thing on the Doorstep</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Evil_Clergyman" title="The Evil Clergyman">The Evil Clergyman</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Book_(short_story)" title="The Book (short story)">The Book</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Haunter_of_the_Dark" title="The Haunter of the Dark">The Haunter of the Dark</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Novellas</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Dream-Quest_of_Unknown_Kadath" title="The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath">The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Whisperer_in_Darkness" title="The Whisperer in Darkness">The Whisperer in Darkness</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/At_the_Mountains_of_Madness" title="At the Mountains of Madness">At the Mountains of Madness</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Shadow_over_Innsmouth" title="The Shadow over Innsmouth">The Shadow over Innsmouth</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Shadow_Out_of_Time" title="The Shadow Out of Time">The Shadow Out of Time</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Novels</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Case_of_Charles_Dexter_Ward" title="The Case of Charles Dexter Ward">The Case of Charles Dexter Ward</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Collaborations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Green_Meadow" title="The Green Meadow">The Green Meadow</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Poetry_and_the_Gods" title="Poetry and the Gods">Poetry and the Gods</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Crawling_Chaos" title="The Crawling Chaos">The Crawling Chaos</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Horror_at_Martin%27s_Beach" title="The Horror at Martin's Beach">The Horror at Martin's Beach</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Under_the_Pyramids" title="Under the Pyramids">Under the Pyramids</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Curse_of_Yig" title="The Curse of Yig">The Curse of Yig</a>"</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Mound_(novella)" title="The Mound (novella)">The Mound</a></i></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Medusa%27s_Coil" title="Medusa's Coil">Medusa's Coil</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Horror_in_the_Museum" title="The Horror in the Museum">The Horror in the Museum</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Through_the_Gates_of_the_Silver_Key" title="Through the Gates of the Silver Key">Through the Gates of the Silver Key</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Out_of_the_Aeons" title="Out of the Aeons">Out of the Aeons</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Tree_on_the_Hill" title="The Tree on the Hill">The Tree on the Hill</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Till_A%27_the_Seas" title="Till A' the Seas">Till A' the Seas</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/In_the_Walls_of_Eryx" title="In the Walls of Eryx">In the Walls of Eryx</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Poetry</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Fungi_from_Yuggoth" title="Fungi from Yuggoth">Fungi from Yuggoth</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Essays</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Cancer_of_Superstition" title="The Cancer of Superstition">The Cancer of Superstition</a></i></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Supernatural_Horror_in_Literature" title="Supernatural Horror in Literature">Supernatural Horror in Literature</a>"</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/To_Quebec_and_the_Stars" title="To Quebec and the Stars">To Quebec and the Stars</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Autobiography:_Some_Notes_on_a_Nonentity" title="Autobiography: Some Notes on a Nonentity">Autobiography: Some Notes on a Nonentity</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Locations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Arkham" title="Arkham">Arkham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lovecraft_Country" title="Lovecraft Country">Lovecraft Country</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/R%27lyeh" title="R'lyeh">R'lyeh</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Characters</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Necronomicon" title="Necronomicon">Abdul Alhazred</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Herbert_West%E2%80%93Reanimator" title="Herbert West–Reanimator">Herbert West</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Randolph_Carter" title="Randolph Carter">Randolph Carter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harley_Warren" title="Harley Warren">Harley Warren</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Deities</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Azathoth" title="Azathoth">Azathoth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cthulhu" title="Cthulhu">Cthulhu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nyarlathotep" title="Nyarlathotep">Nyarlathotep</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shub-Niggurath" title="Shub-Niggurath">Shub-Niggurath</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hastur" title="Hastur">Hastur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dagon" title="Dagon">Dagon</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Books about</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/H._P._Lovecraft:_A_Life" title="H. P. Lovecraft: A Life">H. P. Lovecraft: A Life</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/H._P._Lovecraft:_Against_the_World,_Against_Life" title="H. P. Lovecraft: Against the World, Against Life">H. P. Lovecraft: Against the World, Against Life</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/An_H._P._Lovecraft_Encyclopedia" title="An H. P. Lovecraft Encyclopedia">An H. P. Lovecraft Encyclopedia</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Lovecraft:_A_Biography" title="Lovecraft: A Biography">Lovecraft: A Biography</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Lovecraft:_A_Look_Behind_the_Cthulhu_Mythos" title="Lovecraft: A Look Behind the Cthulhu Mythos">Lovecraft: A Look Behind the Cthulhu Mythos</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Themes/Concepts</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cosmicism" title="Cosmicism">Cosmicism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cthulhu_Mythos" title="Cthulhu Mythos">Cthulhu Mythos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lovecraftian_horror" title="Lovecraftian horror">Lovecraftian horror</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Necronomicon" title="Necronomicon">Necronomicon</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Lovecraft Circle</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/August_Derleth" title="August Derleth">August Derleth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clark_Ashton_Smith" title="Clark Ashton Smith">Clark Ashton Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Bloch" title="Robert Bloch">Robert Bloch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_E._Howard" title="Robert E. Howard">Robert E. Howard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_Belknap_Long" title="Frank Belknap Long">Frank Belknap Long</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Legacy</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lovecraft_studies" title="Lovecraft studies">Lovecraft studies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_works_influenced_by_the_Cthulhu_Mythos" title="List of works influenced by the Cthulhu Mythos">Works influenced by the Cthulhu Mythos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/H._P._Lovecraft_(band)" title="H. P. Lovecraft (band)">H. P. Lovecraft (band)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/H._P._Lovecraft_Historical_Society" title="H. P. Lovecraft Historical Society">H. P. Lovecraft Historical Society</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Adaptations_of_works_by_H._P._Lovecraft" title="Category:Adaptations of works by H. P. 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