Featuring 24 classic tales by H. P. Lovecraft . Stephen King has called Lovecraft "the twentieth Century's greatest practitioner of the classic horror tale." Lovecraft is regarded as one of the most influential horror writers of the 20th century, who together with Edgar Allan Poe has exerted an incalculable influence on succeeding generations of writers of horror fiction. Contains the following tales: THE NAMELESS CITY BEYOND THE WALL OF SLEEP CELEPHAIS DAGON EX OBLIVIONE FACTS CONCERNING THE LATE ARTHUR JERMYN AND HIS FAMILY HERBERT WEST: REANIMATOR MEMORY NYARLATHOTEP THE ALCHEMIST THE BEAST IN THE CAVE THE CATS OF ULTHAR THE CRAWLING CHAOS THE DOOM THAT CAME TO SARNATH THE MUSIC OF ERICH ZANN THE PICTURE IN THE HOUSE THE STATEMENT OF RANDOLPH CARTER THE STREET THE TERRIBLE OLD MAN THE TOMB THE TREE THE WHITE SHIP POLARIS A REMINISCENCE OF DR. SAMUEL JOHNSON