The Nameless City

Howard Phillips Lovecraft (20 August 1890 – 15 March 1937) was an American writer, who is well-known by his horror fiction. Lovecraft started wrote fiction being a child ("The Beast in the Cave" (1905), "The Alchemist" (1908)). He was the founder of “Cthulhu Mythos” by his short story “The Call of Cthulhu”. His works had influenced on modern public culture. Also, was founded the subgenre “Lovecraftian horror”, that emphasizes the horror of the unknown. 

“The Nameless City” is a short story that was written by Howard P. Lovecraft in January 1921 and first published in the November 1921 issue of the amateur press journal “The Wolverine”. It is often considered the first Cthulhu Mythos story. The story contains the first mention of Abdul Alhazred, a fictional authority on the occult who would later be mentioned in most of Lovecraft's major Cthulhu Mythos stories, including "The Hound" (1922), "The Festival" (1923), "The Call of Cthulhu" (1926), The Case of Charles Dexter Ward (1927), "The Dunwich Horror" (1928), "The Whisperer in Darkness" (1930)  and etc. Be ready to step into the fascinating world of Lovecraft's dreams and fill fair about an unknown horror that will be close to you. Let's read and enjoy!