The Dunwich Horror is a horror novella by American writer H. P. Lovecraft. Written in 1928, it was first published in the April 1929 issue of Weird Tales (pp. 481–508). It takes place in Dunwich, a fictional town in Massachusetts. It is considered one of the core stories of the Cthulhu Mythos.
First page of the manuscript
The issue of Weird Tales in which "The Dunwich Horror" was first published.
Howard Phillips Lovecraft was an American writer of weird, science, fantasy, and horror fiction. He is best known for his creation of the Cthulhu Mythos.
Lovecraft in 1934
Whipple Van Buren Phillips
Lovecraft's final home, May 1933 until March 10, 1937
H. P. Lovecraft's gravestone