The Loved Dead
H.P. Lovecraft a la Carte No. 6
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4.0 • 1 Rating
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Publisher Description
This is the most famous of the short stories on which H.P. Lovecraft collaborated with fellow Providence writer Clifford Eddy. "THE LOVED DEAD" probably had a bigger impact on Weird Tales magazine than any other story the pulp ever published. Dark, loathsome and compelling, this first-person tale of necrophilic obsession and night-stalking serial murder sparked widespread outrage and resulted in sales of the magazine being temporarily banned in the state of Indiana as well as several other, smaller local jurisdictions.
Customer Reviews
Interesting and worth a read
Hardly the most transgressive, at least in my opinion, but quite an interesting story, especially when combined with the fallout of its publication. Definitely worth the dollar-odd I paid for it.
As an aside about H P Lovecraft, if you to were disappointed in The Dunwich Horror, try The Rats in the Walls — a much better and scarier story in my opinion.