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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:The_Doom_that_Came_to_Sarnath.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/The_Doom_that_Came_to_Sarnath.jpg/220px-The_Doom_that_Came_to_Sarnath.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="282" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/The_Doom_that_Came_to_Sarnath.jpg/330px-The_Doom_that_Came_to_Sarnath.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/The_Doom_that_Came_to_Sarnath.jpg/440px-The_Doom_that_Came_to_Sarnath.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5254" data-file-height="6742" /></a></span></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_Doom_That_Came_to_Sarnath" class="extiw" title="wikisource:The Doom That Came to Sarnath"><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_literature" title="Fantasy literature">Fantasy</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>The Scot</i></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">Publication date</th><td class="infobox-data">1920</td></tr></tbody></table> <p>"<b>The Doom That Came to Sarnath</b>" (1920) is a fantasy <a href="/wiki/Short_story" title="Short story">short story</a> by American writer <a href="/wiki/H._P._Lovecraft" title="H. P. Lovecraft">H. P. Lovecraft</a>. It is written in a mythic/fantasy style and is associated with his <a href="/wiki/Dream_Cycle" title="Dream Cycle">Dream Cycle</a>. It was first published in <i>The Scot</i>, a Scottish amateur fiction magazine, in June 1920.<sup id="cite_ref-Joshi_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Joshi-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </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_Doom_That_Came_to_Sarnath&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Plot"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>According to the tale, more than 10,000 years ago, a race of <a href="/wiki/Shepherd" title="Shepherd">shepherd</a> people colonized the banks of the river Ai, in a land called Mnar, forming the cities of Thraa, Ilarnek, and Kadatheron (not to be confused with <a href="/wiki/Dreamlands#Kadath" class="mw-redirect" title="Dreamlands">Kadath</a>), which rose to great intellectual and <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/mercantile" class="extiw" title="wikt:mercantile">mercantile</a> prowess. Craving more land, a group of these hardy people migrated to the shores of a lonely and vast lake at the heart of Mnar, founding the city of Sarnath. </p><p>But the settlers were not alone. Not far from Sarnath was the ancient grey-stone city of Ib, inhabited by a queer race who had descended from the Moon. Lovecraft described them as "in hue as green as the lake and the mists that rise above it.... They had bulging eyes, pouting, flabby lips, and curious ears, and were without voices."<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> These beings worshipped a strange god known as <a href="/wiki/List_of_Great_Old_Ones#Bokrug" title="List of Great Old Ones">Bokrug</a>, the <i>Great Water Lizard</i>, although it was more their physical form that caused the people of Sarnath to despise them. </p><p>The citizens of Sarnath killed all the creatures inhabiting Ib, destroyed the city, and took their idol as a trophy, placing it in Sarnath's main temple. The next night, the idol mysteriously vanished, and Taran-Ish, the high-priest of Sarnath, was found dead. Before dying, he had scrawled a single word onto the empty altar: "DOOM". </p><p>One thousand years later, Sarnath was at the zenith of both its power and decadence. Nobles from distant cities were invited to the feast in honor of Ib's destruction. That night, however, the revelry was disrupted by strange lights over the lake, heavy greenish mists, and the tidal marker, the granite pillar Akurion, was mostly submerged. Soon, many visitors fled, maddened by fear. </p><p>After this, some of the survivors reported seeing the long-dead inhabitants of Ib peering from the windows of the city's towers instead of the king and his retinue, while others refused to say exactly what they had seen. Those who returned saw nothing of those unlucky enough to be left behind; only empty marsh, many water lizards, and most disturbingly, the missing idol. Ever since then, Bokrug remained the chief god in the land of Mnar. </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_Doom_That_Came_to_Sarnath&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Inspiration"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The influence of <a href="/wiki/Lord_Dunsany" title="Lord Dunsany">Lord Dunsany</a> on the story can be seen in the reference to a throne "wrought of one piece of ivory, though no man lives who knows whence so vast a piece could have come", which evokes the gate "carved out of one solid piece" of ivory in Dunsany's "<a href="/wiki/Idle_Days_on_the_Yann" title="Idle Days on the Yann">Idle Days on the Yann</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-Joshi_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Joshi-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Though <a href="/wiki/Sarnath" title="Sarnath">Sarnath</a> is a historical city in India —the place where <a href="/wiki/Gautama_Buddha" class="mw-redirect" title="Gautama Buddha">Buddha</a> first taught— Lovecraft said that he thought he invented the name independently.<sup id="cite_ref-Joshi_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Joshi-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Connections_to_other_works_by_Lovecraft">Connections to other works by Lovecraft</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Doom_That_Came_to_Sarnath&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Connections to other works by Lovecraft"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the story "<a href="/wiki/The_Quest_of_Iranon" title="The Quest of Iranon">The Quest of Iranon</a>", the title character says, "I...have gazed on the marsh where Sarnath once stood." When the narrator of "<a href="/wiki/The_Nameless_City" title="The Nameless City">The Nameless City</a>" sees the ruins of the story, he says he "thought of Sarnath the Doomed, that stood in the land of Mnar when mankind was young, and of Ib, that was carved from grey stone before mankind existed." In <i><a href="/wiki/At_the_Mountains_of_Madness" title="At the Mountains of Madness">At the Mountains of Madness</a></i>, the city of the <a href="/wiki/Elder_Things" class="mw-redirect" title="Elder Things">Elder Things</a> is described as "a megalopolis ranking with such whispered prehuman blasphemies as <a href="/wiki/Serpent_Men" title="Serpent Men">Valusia</a>, <a href="/wiki/R%27lyeh" title="R'lyeh">R'lyeh</a>, Ib in the land of Mnar, and <a href="/wiki/The_Nameless_City" title="The Nameless City">the Nameless City</a> of Arabian Desert." </p><p>The inhabitants of Ib are known in the works of <a href="/wiki/Lin_Carter" title="Lin Carter">Lin Carter</a> as the Thuum'ha. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References_in_other_media">References in other media</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Doom_That_Came_to_Sarnath&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: References in other media"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Mignola" title="Mike Mignola">Mike Mignola</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/Batman:_The_Doom_That_Came_to_Gotham" title="Batman: The Doom That Came to Gotham">Batman: The Doom That Came to Gotham</a></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> is an <a href="/wiki/Elseworlds" title="Elseworlds">Elseworlds</a> story which combines the character <a href="/wiki/Batman" title="Batman">Batman</a> with various elements of the Cthulhu mythos, and takes its name from "The Doom that Came to Sarnath".</li> <li>In the "Horror on the Orient Express" campaign of the roleplaying game <i><a href="/wiki/Call_of_Cthulhu_(role-playing_game)" title="Call of Cthulhu (role-playing game)">Call of Cthulhu</a></i> is a chapter which includes delegations from Sarnath and Ib to discuss the matter in front of King Kurates just before the 10 centuries are over.<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><i>The Doom that Came to Wulfhafen</i> by C. L. Werner, originally published 2002 in <i><a href="/wiki/Inferno!" title="Inferno!">Inferno!</a></i> issue 29.</li> <li>In Ron Lundeen's roleplaying adventure "Dreams of the Yellow King" for the game <i><a href="/wiki/Pathfinder_Roleplaying_Game" title="Pathfinder Roleplaying Game">Pathfinder</a></i> the players have the chance to witness the destruction of the city of Sarnath.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Necronomidol" title="Necronomidol">NECRONOMIDOL's</a> track, "Sarnath" is based on this tale<i>.</i> The lyrics include many obvious references to "The Doom That Came to Sarnath", such as having "Doom doom doom" backing the chorus as well as this particular part of the song's lyrics: "I will gouge, The sigil of Doom, Even if it takes 1000 years'" which directly reference the story, where it is said that it took 1000 years for Ib's vengeance to be fulfilled. The sigil of Doom is another plot element included in these lyrics, as well.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Mnar and its cities are used as place names by <a href="/wiki/George_R._R._Martin" title="George R. R. Martin">George R. R. Martin</a> in his <a href="/wiki/High_fantasy" title="High fantasy">high fantasy</a> reference-book <i><a href="/wiki/The_World_of_Ice_%26_Fire" title="The World of Ice & Fire">The World of Ice & Fire</a></i>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Doom_That_Came_to_Sarnath&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Doom_That_Came_to_Sarnath_and_Other_Stories" title="The Doom That Came to Sarnath and Other Stories">The Doom That Came to Sarnath and Other Stories</a></i> is also the title of a collection of short stories by Lovecraft, first published in February <a href="/wiki/1971_in_literature" title="1971 in literature">1971</a>.</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_Doom_That_Came_to_Sarnath&action=edit&section=6" 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-Joshi-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Joshi_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Joshi_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Joshi_1-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></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 id="CITEREFJoshiSchultz2004" class="citation book cs1">Joshi, S.T.; Schultz, David E. (2004). <i><a href="/wiki/An_H._P._Lovecraft_Encyclopedia" title="An H. P. Lovecraft Encyclopedia">An H. P. Lovecraft Encyclopedia</a></i>. Hippocampus Press. pp. <span class="nowrap">69–</span>70. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0974878911" title="Special:BookSources/978-0974878911"><bdi>978-0974878911</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=An+H.+P.+Lovecraft+Encyclopedia&rft.pages=%3Cspan+class%3D%22nowrap%22%3E69-%3C%2Fspan%3E70&rft.pub=Hippocampus+Press&rft.date=2004&rft.isbn=978-0974878911&rft.aulast=Joshi&rft.aufirst=S.T.&rft.au=Schultz%2C+David+E.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThe+Doom+That+Came+to+Sarnath" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">H. P. Lovecraft, "The Doom That Came to Sarnath".</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Mignola, Mike and Pace, Richard (2000) <i>Batman: The Doom That Came to Gotham</i>, DC Comics</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Chaosium (2014) <i>Horror on the Orient Express 2nd edition - Book 2 - Through the Alps</i>, Chaosium, Page 131 to 180</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://walkinshadow.com/sarnath/">"SARNATH"</a>. <i>Walk In Shadow</i>. 2019-02-19<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2021-05-28</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Walk+In+Shadow&rft.atitle=SARNATH&rft.date=2019-02-19&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwalkinshadow.com%2Fsarnath%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThe+Doom+That+Came+to+Sarnath" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://necronomidol.bandcamp.com/track/sarnath-3">"SARNATH, by NECRONOMIDOL"</a>. <i>NECRONOMIDOL</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2021-05-28</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=NECRONOMIDOL&rft.atitle=SARNATH%2C+by+NECRONOMIDOL&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fnecronomidol.bandcamp.com%2Ftrack%2Fsarnath-3&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThe+Doom+That+Came+to+Sarnath" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sources">Sources</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Doom_That_Came_to_Sarnath&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Sources"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFLovecraft1986" class="citation book cs1">Lovecraft, Howard P. (1986) [1920]. "The Doom That Came to Sarnath". In S. T. Joshi (ed.). <i>Dagon and Other Macabre Tales</i> (9th corrected printing ed.). Sauk City, WI: Arkham House. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-87054-039-4" title="Special:BookSources/0-87054-039-4"><bdi>0-87054-039-4</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=The+Doom+That+Came+to+Sarnath&rft.btitle=Dagon+and+Other+Macabre+Tales&rft.place=Sauk+City%2C+WI&rft.edition=9th+corrected+printing&rft.pub=Arkham+House&rft.date=1986&rft.isbn=0-87054-039-4&rft.aulast=Lovecraft&rft.aufirst=Howard+P.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThe+Doom+That+Came+to+Sarnath" class="Z3988"></span> Definitive version.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Doom_That_Came_to_Sarnath&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: External 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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 class="mw-selflink selflink">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 href="/wiki/The_Silver_Key" title="The Silver Key">The Silver Key</a>"</li> <li>"<a 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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 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