The Complete Fiction of H. P. Lovecraft: Volume I: The Beginning (1917–1922) Hardcover – December 23, 2025

Unlike many editions marketed as “complete,” this five-volume collection presents all known fiction by H. P. Lovecraft—including juvenilia, collaborations, paid revisions, and fragments—clearly identified and responsibly edited. The text is set with readability in mind, avoiding the compressed layouts typical of single-volume omnibuses.Also available in The Complete Fiction of H. P. Lovecraft:Volume II: The AwakeningVolume III: The AscentVolume IV: The EchoesVolume V: The RemnantsVolumes I–IV gather Lovecraft’s stories of primary literary importance, charting the full development of his imagination from early Gothic experiments to the mature masterpieces of cosmic horror. Volume V gathers the remaining fiction—juvenilia, minor collaborations, revisions, and curiosities—for collectors, dedicated admirers, and readers interested in the full scope of his work. If you want to read Lovecraft’s tale of a treasure hunt at sea, written at age six, or his rare ventures into comedy, this is the volume for you.About this volumeIn this first volume, H. P. Lovecraft emerges as a writer of strange promise. Composed between 1917 and 1922, these early tales chart his transformation from gifted amateur to a distinctive new voice in weird fiction.Drawing on Gothic tradition and the dreamlike fantasies of writers such as Poe and Dunsany, stories like “The Tomb,” “Dagon,” “Polaris,” and “The Cats of Ulthar” reveal a young author experimenting boldly with mood, antiquarian lore, and cosmic suggestion. Here, melancholic reverie and supernatural dread intertwine, even as the first hints of a darker, more unsettling philosophy begin to surface.These works are not yet the fully formed cosmic horror to come—but they contain its seeds. In their lush prose, dream-visions, and ancestral shadows, we witness a singular imagination discovering its terrain.This is where the journey begins.Included in Volume I:The TombDagonPolarisThe Green MeadowBeyond the Wall of SleepMemoryThe White ShipThe StreetThe Doom that Came to SarnathThe Statement of Randolph CarterThe Terrible Old ManThe TreeThe Cats of UltharThe TempleFacts concerning the Late Arthur Jermyn and His FamilyCelephaïsFrom BeyondNyarlathotepThe Crawling ChaosThe Picture in the HouseEx OblivioneThe Nameless CityThe Quest of IranonThe Moon-BogThe OutsiderThe Other GodsThe Music of Erich ZannHerbert West—ReanimatorHypnosWhat the Moon BringsAzathothThe Horror at Martin's BeachThe HoundThe Lurking Fear Read more