The Outsider
| First published | April 1926 |
|---|---|
| Type | Short Fiction |
| Length | Short Story |
| Series | Dream Cycle |
Synopsis
Awakening with no memory in dank ruins, after years of solitude the protagonist finds his way to an inhabited castle, only to be confronted with the terrible truth.
Notes
Written between March and August 1921, it was first published in Weird Tales, April 1926.
External Links
Publications (142)
| Date | Publication | Publisher | Type | Page |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 1926 | Weird Tales, April 1926 | Popular Fiction Publishing Co. | MAGAZINE | 449 |
| June 1931 | Weird Tales, June-July 1931 | Popular Fiction Publishing Co. | MAGAZINE | 566|566.2 |
| 1939 | The Outsider and Others | Arkham House | Collection | 63 |
| 1944 | The Weird Shadow Over Innsmouth and Other Stories of the Supernatural | Bart House | Collection | 107 |
| 1945 | The Dunwich Horror and Other Weird Tales | Editions for the Armed Services | Collection | 155 |
| April 1945 | Best Supernatural Stories of H. P. Lovecraft | World Publishing Co. | Collection | 53 |
| September 1945 | Best Supernatural Stories of H. P. Lovecraft | World Publishing Co. | Collection | 53 |
| June 1946 | Best Supernatural Stories of H. P. Lovecraft | World Publishing Co. | Collection | 53 |
| June 1950 | Famous Fantastic Mysteries, June 1950 | All-Fiction Field, Inc. | MAGAZINE | 114 |
| June 1950 | Famous Fantastic Mysteries, June 1950 | All-Fiction Field, Inc. (Canada) | MAGAZINE | 114 |
| September 1950 | Best Supernatural Stories of H. P. Lovecraft | World Publishing Co. | Collection | 53 |
| 1951 | The Haunter of the Dark and Other Tales of Horror | Gollancz | Collection | |2 |
| 1958 | The Graveyard Reader | Ballantine Books | Anthology | 134 |
| 1959 | The Shuttered Room and Other Pieces | Arkham House | Anthology | 307 |
| 1961 | Spine Chillers: An Anthology of Mystery and Horror | Elek Books | Anthology | 423 |
| 1962 | Roddy McDowall Reads the Horror Stories of H. P. Lovecraft | Prestige Lively Arts | Collection | |
| 1963 | The Dunwich Horror and Others: The Best Supernatural Stories of H. P. Lovecraft | Arkham House | Collection | 53 |
| 1963 | The Haunter of the Dark and Other Tales of Terror | Panther | Collection | |
| November 1964 | The Haunter of the Dark | Panther | Collection | 11 |
| 1965 | The Haunter of the Dark and Other Tales of Terror | Panther | Collection | |
| November 1965 | The Graveyard Reader | Ballantine Bal-Hi | Anthology | 134 |
| 1966 | The Dunwich Horror and Others | Arkham House | Collection | 53 |
| 1967 | Famous Monster Tales | D. Van Nostrand Company | Anthology | 79 |
| 1969 | Startling Mystery Stories, Winter 1969 | Health Knowledge, Inc. | MAGAZINE | 47 |
| November 1969 | The Unspeakable People | Leslie Frewin | Anthology | 75 |
| 1970 | The Dunwich Horror and Others | Arkham House | Collection | 53 |
| 1970 | The Haunter of the Dark and Other Tales of Terror | Panther | Collection | 11 |
| 1971 | The Arkham Edition of H. P. Lovecraft | Beagle Books | Omnibus | 107|2.1 |
| January 1971 | The Lurking Fear and Other Stories | Beagle Books / Ballantine | Collection | 107 |
| June 1971 | The Lurking Fear and Other Stories | Beagle Books / Ballantine | Collection | 107 |
| December 1971 | The Shadow Over Innsmouth and Other Stories of Horror | Scholastic Book Services | Collection | 51 |
| 1973 | Speculations | Glencoe Press | Anthology | |
| 1973 | The Supernatural in Fiction | McGraw-Hill | Anthology | 308 |
| April 1973 | The Lurking Fear and Other Stories | Beagle Books / Ballantine | Collection | 107 |
| 1974 | The Dunwich Horror and Others | Arkham House | Collection | 53 |
| 1974 | The Haunter of the Dark and Other Tales of Terror | Panther | Collection | 11 |
| 1974 | The Unspeakable People | Ensign Books | Anthology | 75 |
| 1975 | Strange Glory | McClelland & Stewart | Anthology | 32 |
| 1975 | Monsters Monsters Monsters | Franklin Watts | Anthology | 177 |
| 1975 | The Unspeakable People | Everest Books | Anthology | 75 |
| 1975 | Living in Fear: A History of Horror in the Mass Media | Charles Scribner's Sons | Nonfiction | 125 |
| February 1975 | The Shadow Over Innsmouth and Other Stories of Horror | Scholastic Book Services | Collection | 51 |
| November 1975 | The Lurking Fear and Other Stories | Ballantine Books | Collection | 107 |
| 1977 | Strange Glory | St. Martin's Press | Anthology | 32 |
| 1977 | The Haunter of the Dark and Other Tales of Horror | Gollancz | Collection | |
| 1977 | Strange Glory | St. Martin's Press | Anthology | 32 |
| 1978 | Monsters Monsters Monsters | Franklin Watts | Anthology | 177 |
| 1980 | Weird Worlds, #4 | Scholastic | MAGAZINE | 22 |
| January 1981 | The Dunwich Horror and Others: The Best Supernatural Stories of H. P. Lovecraft | Arkham House | Collection | 53 |
| February 1982 | The Lurking Fear and Other Stories | Del Rey / Ballantine | Collection | 107 |
| October 1982 | The Best of H. P. Lovecraft: Bloodcurdling Tales of Horror and the Macabre | Del Rey / Ballantine | Collection | 37 |
| 1984 | The Dunwich Horror and Others | Arkham House | Collection | 46 |
| December 1984 | The Lurking Fear and Other Stories | Del Rey / Ballantine | Collection | 107 |
| 1985 | The Dunwich Horror and Others | Arkham House | Collection | 46 |
| 1985 | The H. P. Lovecraft Omnibus 3: The Haunter of the Dark and Other Tales | Panther | Collection | 11 |
| 1986 | The H. P. Lovecraft Omnibus 3: The Haunter of the Dark and Other Tales | Grafton | Collection | 11 |
| 1987 | The H. P. Lovecraft Omnibus 3: The Haunter of the Dark and Other Tales | Grafton | Collection | 11 |
| 1988 | The Dunwich Horror and Others | Arkham House | Collection | 46 |
| September 1988 | The Best of H. P. Lovecraft: Bloodcurdling Tales of Horror and the Macabre | Del Rey / Ballantine | Collection | 37 |
| March 1991 | Back from the Dead | DAW Books | Anthology | 207 |
| 1992 | The Dunwich Horror and Others | Arkham House | Collection | 46 |
| March 1992 | The Oxford Book of Gothic Tales | Oxford University Press | Anthology | 316 |
| 1993 | Crawling Chaos | Creation Books | Collection | 50 |
| July 1993 | The Oxford Book of Gothic Tales | Oxford University Press | Anthology | |
| August 1993 | The Oxford Book of Gothic Tales | Oxford University Press | Anthology | 316 |
| April 1995 | The Best of H. P. Lovecraft: Bloodcurdling Tales of Horror and the Macabre | Del Rey / Ballantine | Collection | 37 |
| September 1996 | 100 Tiny Tales of Terror | Barnes & Noble Books | Anthology | 339 |
| December 1996 | American Gothic Tales | Plume / Penguin | Anthology | 175 |
| 1997 | American Gothic Tales | Plume / Penguin / BCE | Anthology | 175 |
| 1997 | Crawling Chaos | Creation Books | Collection | 30 |
| 1997 | Tales of H. P. Lovecraft | Ecco Press | Collection | |
| 1997 | The Dunwich Horror and Others | Arkham House | Collection | 46 |
| October 1999 | The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories | Penguin Books (US) | Collection | 43 |
| September 2000 | Tales of H. P. Lovecraft | Ecco Press | Collection | 1 |
| 2001 | The Oxford Book of Gothic Tales | Oxford University Press | Anthology | |
| September 2001 | Black Seas of Infinity | Science Fiction Book Club | Collection | 99 |
| July 2002 | The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories | Penguin Books | Collection | 43 |
| November 2002 | The Best of H. P. Lovecraft: Bloodcurdling Tales of Horror and the Macabre | Del Rey / Ballantine | Collection | |4 |
| January 2003 | Waking Up Screaming: Haunting Tales of Terror | Del Rey / Ballantine | Collection | 145 |
| February 2005 | Tales | The Library of America | Collection | 8 |
| November 2005 | Weird Tales, April 1926 | Girasol Collectables | Anthology | 449 |
| November 2007 | Tales of H. P. Lovecraft | Harper Perennial Modern Classics | Collection | 1 |
| 2008 | The Fiction: Complete and Unabridged | Barnes & Noble Books | Omnibus | 164 |
| March 2008 | Necronomicon: The Best Weird Tales of H. P. Lovecraft | Gollancz | Collection | 141 |
| April 2008 | Necronomicon: The Best Weird Tales of H. P. Lovecraft | Gollancz / Orion | Collection | 141 |
| 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 | 487 |
| 2009 | The Oxford Book of Gothic Tales | Oxford University Press | Anthology | 316 |
| July 2009 | At the Mountains of Madness and Other Weird Tales | Barnes & Noble Books | Collection | |
| October 2009 | Necronomicon: The Best Weird Tales of H. P. Lovecraft | Gollancz | Collection | 141 |
| 2010 | The Weird Writings of H. P. Lovecraft: Vol 2 | Girasol Collectables | Collection | |
| 2010 | The Screaming Skull and Other Classic Horror Stories | Fall River Press | Anthology | 403 |
| August 2010 | The Drabblecast, #175 | The Drabblecast | MAGAZINE | |
| February 2011 | The Colour Out of Space | Penguin Books | Collection | |
| March 2011 | The Complete Fiction | Barnes & Noble Books | Omnibus | 164 |
| September 2011 | Zombies! Zombies! Zombies! | Vintage Crime / Black Lizard / Vintage Books | Anthology | 584 |
| September 2011 | The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories | Penguin Books | Collection | 43 |
| October 2011 | The Haunter of the Dark | Wordsworth Editions | Collection | |
| January 2012 | Zombies: A Compendium of the Living Dead | Corvus | Anthology | 584 |
| January 2012 | The Century's Best Horror Fiction 1901-1950 | Cemetery Dance Publications | Anthology | 383 |
| 2014 | Complete Collection of H. P. Lovecraft | Ageless Reads | Omnibus | |43 |
| August 2014 | Necronomicon | Blackstone Audio | Collection | |15 |
| August 2014 | Drabbleclassics, #6 | The Drabblecast | MAGAZINE | |
| September 2014 | The Complete Fiction of H. P. Lovecraft | Race Point Publishing | Omnibus | |
| April 2015 | Dreamscapes Into Darkness | Firbolg Publishing | Anthology | |28 |
| April 2015 | Dreamscapes Into Darkness | Firbolg Publishing | Anthology | |
| June 2015 | The Zombie Stories of H. P. Lovecraft | Dover Publications | Collection | |
| September 2015 | The Zombie Stories of H. P. Lovecraft | Dover Publications | Collection | |
| 2016 | The Complete Works | uncredited | Omnibus | 108 |
| January 2016 | H. P. Lovecraft: The Complete Omnibus, Volume I: 1917-1926 | Pulp-Lit Productions | Collection | 175 |
| January 2016 | H. P. Lovecraft: The Complete Omnibus, Volume I: 1917-1926 | Pulp-Lit Productions | Collection | 175 |
| July 2016 | The Complete Fiction of H. P. Lovecraft | Chartwell Books | Omnibus | 176 |
| October 2016 | The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories | Penguin Books (US) | Collection | |
| February 2017 | Lovecraft Short Stories | Flame Tree Publishing | Anthology | 79 |
| May 2017 | H. P. Lovecraft: The Complete Fiction | Benediction Classics | Collection | 377 |
| May 2017 | H. P. Lovecraft: The Complete Fiction | Benediction Classics | Collection | |41 |
| October 2017 | The H. P. Lovecraft Collection | Sirius / Arcturus Publishing | Omnibus | |2012 |
| November 2017 | The Classic Horror Collection | Arcturus Publishing | Anthology | |10 |
| 2018 | The H. P. Lovecraft Collection | Sirius / Arcturus Publishing | Omnibus | 82|2012 |
| 2018 | Stories of the Dreamlands | Sirius / Arcturus Publishing | Collection | 82 |
| 2018 | H.P. Lovecraft: The Complete Fiction Omnibus: The Early Years: 1908-1925 | Pulp-Lit Productions | Collection | 225 |
| February 2018 | A Mummy Omnibus: 1820s - 1920s (Abridged Edition) | A Bit O'Irish Press | Anthology | 313 |
| March 2018 | The Classic Horror Collection | Arcturus Publishing | Anthology | |10 |
| March 2018 | H.P. Lovecraft: The Complete Fiction Omnibus: The Early Years: 1908-1925 | Pulp-Lit Productions | Collection | 225 |
| March 2018 | H.P. Lovecraft: The Complete Fiction Omnibus: The Early Years: 1908-1925 | Pulp-Lit Productions | Collection | |225 |
| May 2018 | The Classic Horror Collection | Sirius / Arcturus Publishing | Anthology | |10 |
| August 2018 | HorrorBabble's Dream Cycle | HorrorBabble | Collection | |14 |
| August 2018 | HorrorBabble's Dream Cycle | HorrorBabble | Collection | |14 |
| August 2018 | Horrorbabbles's Lovecraft Shorts: Volume 2 | Author's Republic | Collection | |
| November 2018 | The Gothic Tales of H. P. Lovecraft | British Library Publishing | Collection | 44 |
| 2019 | Weird Tales | Pulp Classics on DVD | Anthology | 449|10704449 |
| 2019 | Weird Tales (disc 3, part 1) | Anthology | 566|31704566.2 | |
| June 2019 | The Complete Weird-Fiction Works of H.P. Lovecraft: In One Volume | Pulp-Lit Productions | Omnibus | |225 |
| July 2019 | American Gothic Short Stories | Flame Tree Publishing | Anthology | |
| September 2019 | The Outsider | Faded Page | Chapbook | |
| November 2019 | H. P. Lovecraft: The Complete Fiction | Benediction Classics | Collection | 377 |
| December 2019 | Zombies! Zombies! Zombies! | HighBridge Audio | Anthology | |50 |
| March 2020 | Phantasmagoria Special Edition Series, March 2020 | TK Pulp | MAGAZINE | 85 |
| May 2020 | The Outsider | Fantasy and Horror Classics | Chapbook | |
| March 2021 | Zombies! Zombies! Zombies! | Highbridge Audio and Blackstone Publishing | Anthology | |50 |
| March 2021 | Zombies! Zombies! Zombies! | Highbridge Audio and Blackstone Publishing | Anthology | |50 |
| January 2025 | Weird Tales: The Best of the 1920s | Centipede Press | Anthology | 247|247.2 |