The Complete Fiction of H. P. Lovecraft: Volume V: The Remnants (1897-1935)($24.99Value)

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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 I: The Beginning Volume II: The Awakening Volume III: The Ascent Volume IV: The Echoes Volumes 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 volume The final volume gathers the outer edges of H. P. Lovecraft’s literary legacy: juvenilia, minor collaborations and revisions, fragments, and unfinished works spanning nearly his entire life. From childhood tales of mystery and adventure to late professional revisions written for other authors, these pieces illuminate Lovecraft’s methods, influences, and working habits. Though uneven by nature, they reveal a writer whose imagination left traces wherever it touched—reshaping drafts, expanding ideas, and imposing atmosphere with remarkable efficiency. Included here are works where Lovecraft’s hand is partial, contested, or fragmentary, presented not as masterpieces, but as documents of process and creative exchange within the small but vibrant world of weird fiction. These are not the pillars of the mythos, but its margins—the remnants that complete the picture. Included in Volume V: The Little Glass Bottle The Secret Cave The Mystery of the Grave-Yard The Mysterious Ship The Beast in the Cave The Alchemist A Reminiscence of Dr Samuel Johnson Old Bugs The Transition of Juan Romero The Loved Dead Poetry and the Gods Sweet Ermengarde Four O'Clock Ashes The Ghost-Eater Deaf, Dumb and Blind Two Black Bottles The Descendant History of the Necronomicon The Last Test The Thing in the Moonlight The Curse of Yig Ibid The Electric Executioner The Trap Discarded draft of The Shadow over Innsmouth Winged Death The Book The Hoard of the Wizard-Beast The Slaying of the Monster The Horror in the Burying-Ground The Tree on the Hill The Battle that Ended the Century The Sorcery of Aphlar Till A’ the Seas Collapsing Cosmoses The Challenge from Beyond The Disinternment The Diary of Alonzo Typer