H. P. Lovecraft
The Hound
Published: 1924
Language: English
Estimated Reading Time: ~1 hours
A free public-domain edition of H. P. Lovecraft's The Hound, prepared by Unspeakable Tales.
Two decadent grave-robbers steal an ancient amulet and awaken a pursuit that follows them from a violated tomb into madness.
Two decadent grave-robbers steal an ancient amulet and awaken a pursuit that follows them from a violated tomb into madness.
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This Unspeakable Tales edition presents The Hound as a free designed eBook for readers of gothic decadence, cursed artifacts, and early Mythos atmosphere.
The story is lurid, ornate, and deliberately morbid, following characters whose appetite for the forbidden becomes the doorway to a punishment older than their crimes.
It is an important early appearance of the Necronomicon and a vivid example of Lovecraft's fascination with tombs, relics, and the dangers of aestheticized corruption.
The story is lurid, ornate, and deliberately morbid, following characters whose appetite for the forbidden becomes the doorway to a punishment older than their crimes.
It is an important early appearance of the Necronomicon and a vivid example of Lovecraft's fascination with tombs, relics, and the dangers of aestheticized corruption.