The Haunter of the Dark
Horror short story by H. P. Lovecraft / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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"The Haunter of the Dark" is a horror short story by American author H. P. Lovecraft, written between 5–9 November 1935 and published in the December 1936 edition of Weird Tales (Vol. 28, No. 5, p. 538–53). It was the last written of the author's known works, and is part of the Cthulhu Mythos. The epigraph to the story is the second stanza of Lovecraft's 1917 poem "Nemesis".
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"The Haunter of the Dark" | |
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Short story by H. P. Lovecraft | |
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Country | United States |
Language | English |
Genre(s) | Horror |
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Published in | Weird Tales |
Publication type | Periodical |
Media type | Print (magazine) |
Publication date | December, 1936 |
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The story is a sequel to "The Shambler from the Stars" by Robert Bloch. Bloch wrote a third story in the sequence, "The Shadow from the Steeple", in 1950.