The Festival

Howard Phillips Lovecraft  was an American author of fantasy and horror fiction, noted for giving horror stories a science fiction framework. Virtually unknown and only published in pulp magazines before he died in poverty, he is now regarded as one of the most significant 20th-century authors in his genre. Lovecraft is credited with being the creator of the Cthulhu Mythos – shared elements; characters, settings and themes used by Lovecraft and associated horror writers. Lovecraft's readership was limited during his life, but his works have become quite important and influential among writers and fans of horror fiction.

"The Festival" is a short story by H. P. Lovecraft written in October 1923 and published in the January 1925 issue of Weird Tales. It is considered to be one of the first of his Cthulhu Mythos stories.