The Terrible Old Man
Published: 1921
A free public-domain edition of H. P. Lovecraft's The Terrible Old Man, prepared by Unspeakable Tales.
Three criminals choose the wrong victim when they target a silent old man rumored to keep strange company.
Three criminals choose the wrong victim when they target a silent old man rumored to keep strange company.
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This Unspeakable Tales edition presents The Terrible Old Man as a free designed eBook for readers of short horror, crime-gone-wrong stories, and New England weird fiction.
The tale is brief and sharp, built around local rumor, greed, and the pleasure of watching ordinary criminals stumble into a much older kind of danger.
Although it contains ethnic stereotyping typical of Lovecraft's period, it remains a compact example of his early Kingsport atmosphere and cruel supernatural justice.
The tale is brief and sharp, built around local rumor, greed, and the pleasure of watching ordinary criminals stumble into a much older kind of danger.
Although it contains ethnic stereotyping typical of Lovecraft's period, it remains a compact example of his early Kingsport atmosphere and cruel supernatural justice.