H. P. Lovecraft was born in Providence, Rhode Island in 1890. He was self-educated and lived in his birthplace all his life, working as a freelance writer, journalist, and ghostwriter. His best work - including some sixty or so short stories - was published from 1923 onwards in the pulp magazine Weird Tales. He died in 1937, in poverty and virtually unknown; today he is recognized as one of the great masters of supernatural fiction.

• The Thing on the Doorstep and Other Weird StoriesIntroduction by S. T. JoshiSuggestions for Further ReadingA Note on the TextThe TombBeyond the Wall of SleepThe White ShipThe TempleThe Quest of IranonThe Music of Erich ZannUnder the PyramidsPickman's ModelThe Case of Charles Dexter WardThe Dunwich HorrorAt the Mountains of MadnessThe Thing on the DoorstepExplanatory Notes

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