The horror in the museum : collected short stories. Volume 2
Lovecraft, H. P.2010
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Offers a collection of stories in which: a wax museum in London boasts an exhibit, which no man has seen and remained sane; a businessman is trapped in a train carriage with a madman who claims to have created a new and efficient method of capital punishment; and, a doctor plans a horrible revenge, using an insect as his murder weapon. With an Introduction by M.J. Elliott. My eyes, perversely shaken open, gazed for an instant upon a sight which no human creature could even imagine without panic, fear and physical exhaustion A wax museum in London boasts a new exhibit, which no man has seen and remained sane A businessman is trapped in a train carriage with a madman who claims to have created a new and efficient method of capital punishment A doctor plans a horrible revenge, using as his murder weapon an insect believed capable of consuming the human soul Within these pages, some of H P Lovecraft's more obscure works of horror and science fiction can be found, including several fantastic tales from his celebrated Cthulhu Mythos. No true Lovecraft aficionado dare be without this volume.
Main title:
The horror in the museum : collected short stories. Volume 2 / H.P. Lovecraft ; introduction by M.J. Elliott ; selected by M.J. Elliott.
Author:
Lovecraft, H. P., authorElliott, M. J., compiler
Imprint:
Ware : Wordsworth Editions, 2010.
Collation:
464 pages ; 20 cm.
Series:
Tales of Mystery & The Supernatural
ISBN:
9781840226423
Dewey class:
813.52HOR
Language:
English
BRN:
766638