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The Colour Out of Space

H. P. Lovecraft

First published September 1927
Type Short Fiction
Length Novelette
Series Cthulhu Mythos › Cthulhu Mythos (Lovecraft originals)

Synopsis

Available on page 261, <a target="_blank" rel="noopener" href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?GRSBCKYR1999">Bleiler (Gernsback)</a>. A meteorite landing near a farm brings slow decay and degeneration.

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Publications (138)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
September 1927 Amazing Stories, September 1927 Experimenter Publishing Company MAGAZINE 556
1939 The Outsider and Others Arkham House Collection 274
October 1941 Famous Fantastic Mysteries Combined with Fantastic Novels Magazine, October 1941 The Frank A. Munsey Company MAGAZINE 98
1945 The Dunwich Horror and Other Weird Tales Editions for the Armed Services Collection 120
1947 The Lurking Fear and Other Stories Avon Book Co. Collection 33
1951 The Haunter of the Dark and Other Tales of Horror Gollancz Collection |8
January 1954 Strange Travels in Science Fiction Grayson & Grayson Anthology
1958 Cry Horror! Avon Collection 29
1959 Cry Horror! WDL Collection
1963 The Dunwich Horror and Others: The Best Supernatural Stories of H. P. Lovecraft Arkham House Collection 60
1963 The Haunter of the Dark and Other Tales of Terror Panther Collection
November 1963 Science Fiction Omnibus Berkley Medallion Anthology 24
June 1964 The Colour Out of Space and Others Lancer Books Collection 7
November 1964 The Haunter of the Dark Panther Collection 176
1965 The Haunter of the Dark and Other Tales of Terror Panther Collection
1966 The Dunwich Horror and Others Arkham House Collection 60
1967 3 Tales of Horror Arkham House Collection 3
February 1967 Masterpieces of Science Fiction World Publishing Co. Anthology 435
June 1967 The Colour Out of Space and Others Lancer Books Collection 7
March 1969 The Colour Out of Space and Others Lancer Books Collection 7
1970 Terror! Blackie & Son Anthology 277
1970 The Dunwich Horror and Others Arkham House Collection 60
1970 The Haunter of the Dark and Other Tales of Terror Panther Collection 176
November 1971 The Colour Out of Space Lancer Books Collection 7
November 1971 The Colour Out of Space Lancer Books Collection 7
December 1971 The Shadow Over Innsmouth and Other Stories of Horror Scholastic Book Services Collection 10
August 1972 The Colour Out of Space Lancer Books Collection 7
1974 Masterpieces of Science Fiction Hyperion Press Anthology 435
1974 Masterpieces of Science Fiction Hyperion Press Anthology 435
1974 The Dunwich Horror and Others Arkham House Collection 60
1974 The Haunter of the Dark and Other Tales of Terror Panther Collection 176
February 1975 The Shadow Over Innsmouth and Other Stories of Horror Scholastic Book Services Collection 10
July 1975 In Dreams Awake Dell Laurel Anthology 90
October 1975 The Colour Out of Space and Others Zebra Books / Kensington Publishing Corp. Collection 7
1977 The Haunter of the Dark and Other Tales of Horror Gollancz Collection
May 1978 The Colour Out of Space and Others Jove / HBJ Collection 7
January 1981 The Dunwich Horror and Others: The Best Supernatural Stories of H. P. Lovecraft Arkham House Collection 60
1982 The Colour out of Space Necronomicon Press Chapbook
October 1982 The Best of H. P. Lovecraft: Bloodcurdling Tales of Horror and the Macabre Del Rey / Ballantine Collection 185
1984 The Dunwich Horror and Others Arkham House Collection 53
1985 The Dunwich Horror and Others Arkham House Collection 53
1985 The H. P. Lovecraft Omnibus 3: The Haunter of the Dark and Other Tales Panther Collection 236
1986 The H. P. Lovecraft Omnibus 3: The Haunter of the Dark and Other Tales Grafton Collection 236
1987 The H. P. Lovecraft Omnibus 3: The Haunter of the Dark and Other Tales Grafton Collection 236
January 1987 Amazing Science Fiction Anthology: The Wonder Years 1926-1935 TSR Anthology 281
1988 The Dunwich Horror and Others Arkham House Collection 53
September 1988 The Best of H. P. Lovecraft: Bloodcurdling Tales of Horror and the Macabre Del Rey / Ballantine Collection 185
1992 The Dunwich Horror and Others Arkham House Collection 53
1993 Crawling Chaos Creation Books Collection 159
April 1995 Between Time and Terror Roc / New American Library Anthology 13
April 1995 The Best of H. P. Lovecraft: Bloodcurdling Tales of Horror and the Macabre Del Rey / Ballantine Collection 185
1997 Crawling Chaos Creation Books Collection 109
1997 Tales of H. P. Lovecraft Ecco Press Collection
1997 The Dunwich Horror and Others Arkham House Collection 53
August 1997 The Annotated H. P. Lovecraft Dell Collection 58
October 1999 The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories Penguin Books (US) Collection 170
July 2000 The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy Prentice-Hall Anthology 101
September 2000 Tales of H. P. Lovecraft Ecco Press Collection 77
October 2000 My Favorite Horror Story DAW Books Anthology 89
September 2001 Black Seas of Infinity Science Fiction Book Club Collection 73
July 2002 The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories Penguin Books Collection 170
October 2002 The Colour Out of Space New York Review of Books Anthology 307
November 2002 The Best of H. P. Lovecraft: Bloodcurdling Tales of Horror and the Macabre Del Rey / Ballantine Collection |12
2003 The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy Prentice-Hall Anthology 101
May 2004 My Favorite Horror Story BP Books / ibooks Anthology 113
February 2005 Tales The Library of America Collection 340
2007 My Favorite Horror Story MJF Books Anthology 79
November 2007 Tales of H. P. Lovecraft Harper Perennial Modern Classics Collection 77
November 2007 My Favorite Horror Story ibooks Anthology
2008 The Fiction: Complete and Unabridged Barnes & Noble Books Omnibus 594
January 2008 The Annotated H. P. Lovecraft Dell / SFBC Collection
January 2008 Great Horror Stories: Tales by Stoker, Poe, Lovecraft and Others Dover Publications Anthology
January 2008 Great Horror Stories: Tales by Stoker, Poe, Lovecraft and Others Dover Publications Anthology 204
March 2008 Necronomicon: The Best Weird Tales of H. P. Lovecraft Gollancz Collection 166
April 2008 Necronomicon: The Best Weird Tales of H. P. Lovecraft Gollancz / Orion Collection 166
September 2008 Necronomicon: The Best Weird Tales of H. P. Lovecraft Gollancz / Orion Collection
November 2008 H. P. Lovecraft: Masters of the Weird Tale Centipede Press Collection 817
May 2009 The Call of Cthulhu and Other Dark Tales Barnes & Noble Books Collection |11
July 2009 Lovecraft's Best Short Stories Dover Publications Collection
October 2009 Necronomicon: The Best Weird Tales of H. P. Lovecraft Gollancz Collection 166
February 2011 The Colour Out of Space Penguin Books Collection
March 2011 The Complete Fiction Barnes & Noble Books Omnibus 594
September 2011 The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories Penguin Books Collection 170
October 2011 The Haunter of the Dark Wordsworth Editions Collection
October 2011 H. P. Lovecraft Goes to the Movies Fall River Press Collection 1
2012 The Monster-Maker and Other Science Fiction Classics Fall River Press Anthology 394
April 2012 The Cthulhu Mythos Megapack: 40 Modern and Classic Lovecraftian Tales Wildside Press Anthology 790
May 2012 Tales to Terrify, No 19 Tales to Terrify MAGAZINE
May 2013 The Classic Horror Stories Oxford University Press Collection 53
May 2013 The Classic Horror Stories Oxford University Press Collection
2014 The Colour Out of Space / A cor que caiu do espaço Ara Llibres S.C.C.L. Collection
2014 Complete Collection of H. P. Lovecraft Ageless Reads Omnibus |5
February 2014 The Colour out of Space Start Publishing Chapbook
August 2014 The Drabblecast, #334 The Drabblecast MAGAZINE
August 2014 Necronomicon Blackstone Audio Collection |9
September 2014 The Complete Fiction of H. P. Lovecraft Race Point Publishing Omnibus
August 2015 The Best of Amazing Stories: The 1927 Anthology Experimenter Publishing Company Anthology 221
October 2015 Shadows of Carcosa: Tales of Cosmic Horror New York Review of Books Anthology 313
October 2015 The Best of Amazing Stories: The 1927 Anthology Experimenter Publishing Company Anthology |22
2016 The Complete Works uncredited Omnibus 413
April 2016 The Complete Cthulhu Mythos Tales Barnes & Noble Books Collection 62
July 2016 The Complete Fiction of H. P. Lovecraft Chartwell Books Omnibus 637
August 2016 Collected Fiction Volume 2: 1926-1930: A Variorum Edition Hippocampus Press Omnibus
August 2016 Collected Fiction Volume 2: 1926-1930: A Variorum Edition Hippocampus Press Omnibus
October 2016 Things from Outer Space Baen Books Anthology 129
October 2016 The Classic Horror Stories Oxford University Press Collection
October 2016 The Essential Tales of H.P. Lovecraft Race Point Publishing Omnibus 140
October 2016 The Essential Tales of H.P. Lovecraft Race Point Publishing Omnibus
October 2016 The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories Penguin Books (US) Collection
February 2017 Lovecraft Short Stories Flame Tree Publishing Anthology 192
May 2017 H. P. Lovecraft: The Complete Fiction Benediction Classics Collection 14
May 2017 H. P. Lovecraft: The Complete Fiction Benediction Classics Collection |3
August 2017 A Breath from the Sky: Unusual Stories of Possession Martian Migraine Press Anthology |4
August 2017 A Breath from the Sky: Unusual Stories of Possession Martian Migraine Press Anthology |4
October 2017 Cthulhu Mythos Tales Canterbury Classics Collection |8
2018 H.P. Lovecraft: The Complete Fiction Omnibus Collection: The Prime Years: 1926-1936 Pulp-Lit Productions Collection 281
March 2018 H.P. Lovecraft: Selected Works, Critical Perspectives and Interviews on His Influence McFarland & Company Collection 31
March 2018 H.P. Lovecraft: The Complete Fiction Omnibus Collection: The Prime Years: 1926-1936 Pulp-Lit Productions Collection 281
March 2018 H.P. Lovecraft: The Complete Fiction Omnibus Collection: The Prime Years: 1926-1936 Pulp-Lit Productions Collection 281
March 2018 H.P. Lovecraft: The Complete Fiction Omnibus Collection: The Prime Years: 1926-1936 Pulp-Lit Productions Collection |281
November 2018 HorrorBabble's The Colour Out of Space HorrorBabble Chapbook
April 2019 HorrorBabble's Ultimate Weird Tales Collection, Volume 1 HorrorBabble Anthology |31
June 2019 The Complete Weird-Fiction Works of H.P. Lovecraft: In One Volume Pulp-Lit Productions Omnibus |1281
September 2019 The Colour Out of Space Pulp-Lit Productions Chapbook
September 2019 The Colour Out of Space Faded Page Chapbook
November 2019 H. P. Lovecraft: The Complete Fiction Benediction Classics Collection 14
2020 Pulp Adventures, Spring 2020 Bold Venture Press MAGAZINE 99
August 2020 The Colour Out of Space Penguin Books Collection 1
August 2020 The Colour Out of Space Penguin Books Collection |10
October 2020 Lovecraft Mythos: New & Classic Collection Flame Tree Press Anthology 277
May 2022 Classic Science Fiction Stories Macmillan UK Anthology |252
May 2022 Classic Science Fiction Stories Macmillan UK Anthology 252
June 2022 The Colour Out of Space Project Gutenberg Chapbook
January 2024 Mystic Mind, #5, January 2024 Kirin Comics MAGAZINE 1
2025 The Routledge Anthology of Climate Fiction Volume One Routledge Anthology 251
2025 The Routledge Anthology of Climate Fiction Volume One Routledge Anthology 251
2025 The Routledge Anthology of Climate Fiction Volume One Routledge Anthology 251
July 2025 The Essential Tales of H.P. Lovecraft Chartwell Books Omnibus |3