The Complete Works of H. P. Lovecraft

The Complete Works of H.P. Lovecraft contains all the original stories which Lovecraft wrote as an adult. It begins in 1917 with “The Tomb” and ends in 1935 with his last original work “The Haunter of the Dark.”
This edition presents Lovecraft’s stories in chronological order by their presumed order of composition, not publication. In some cases, the exact date of composition is not known, but evidence from various sources—e.g., several chronologies of his stories prepared at various times by Lovecraft himself—can at least help to ascertain the proper sequence of his tales. No revisions or collaborations are included with the exception of “Under the Pyramids” (1924) and “Through the Gates of the Silver Key” (1932–33); the former because it is as close to original composition as any of his ghostwritten tales are, and the latter because it is a direct sequel to “The Silver Key” and also presents interesting textual variants both in the surviving manuscripts and in the printed texts.