Notes
8,166 words (per the hplovecraft.com text, the dbrabblecast text has 7,326 words and appears to be abridged). Secondary sources identify this as a novelette. Originally published as a four-part serial beginning in Home Brew, January, 1923.
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Publications (86)
| Date | Publication | Publisher | Type | Page |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 1928 | Weird Tales, June 1928 | Popular Fiction Publishing Co. | MAGAZINE | 791 |
| 1939 | The Outsider and Others | Arkham House | Collection | 242 |
| 1947 | The Lurking Fear and Other Stories | Avon Book Co. | Collection | 7 |
| 1958 | Cry Horror! | Avon | Collection | 7 |
| 1959 | Cry Horror! | WDL | Collection | |
| November 1964 | The Lurking Fear and Other Stories | Panther | Collection | 7 |
| 1965 | Dagon and Other Macabre Tales | Arkham House | Collection | 167 |
| 1966 | Startling Mystery Stories, Summer 1966 | Health Knowledge, Inc. | MAGAZINE | 51 |
| 1967 | Dagon and Other Macabre Tales | Gollancz | Collection | 167 |
| 1969 | Dagon and Other Macabre Tales | Arkham House | Collection | 167 |
| 1970 | The Lurking Fear and Other Stories | Panther | Collection | 7 |
| 1970 | The Lurking Fear and Other Stories | Panther | Collection | 7 |
| 1971 | Dagon and Other Macabre Tales | Arkham House | Collection | 167 |
| 1971 | The Arkham Edition of H. P. Lovecraft | Beagle Books | Omnibus | 1|2.1 |
| January 1971 | The Lurking Fear and Other Stories | Beagle Books / Ballantine | Collection | 1 |
| June 1971 | The Lurking Fear and Other Stories | Beagle Books / Ballantine | Collection | 1 |
| 1973 | The Lurking Fear and Other Stories | Panther | Collection | 7 |
| April 1973 | The Lurking Fear and Other Stories | Beagle Books / Ballantine | Collection | 1 |
| November 1975 | Dagon and Other Macabre Tales | Arkham House | Collection | 167 |
| November 1975 | The Lurking Fear and Other Stories | Ballantine Books | Collection | 1 |
| October 1976 | From the Archives of Evil, Number 2 | Warner Books | Anthology | |
| 1977 | The Lurking Fear | Necronomicon Press | Chapbook | |
| September 1979 | Lurking Shadows | W. H. Allen | Anthology | 136 |
| February 1982 | The Lurking Fear and Other Stories | Del Rey / Ballantine | Collection | 1 |
| December 1984 | The Lurking Fear and Other Stories | Del Rey / Ballantine | Collection | 1 |
| 1985 | The H. P. Lovecraft Omnibus 3: The Haunter of the Dark and Other Tales | Panther | Collection | 346 |
| 1986 | The H. P. Lovecraft Omnibus 3: The Haunter of the Dark and Other Tales | Grafton | Collection | 346 |
| 1987 | Dagon and Other Macabre Tales | Arkham House | Collection | 179 |
| 1987 | The H. P. Lovecraft Omnibus 3: The Haunter of the Dark and Other Tales | Grafton | Collection | 346 |
| January 1987 | Dagon and Other Macabre Tales | Arkham House | Collection | 179 |
| 1991 | Dagon and Other Macabre Tales | Arkham House | Collection | 179 |
| October 1996 | The Transition of H. P. Lovecraft: The Road to Madness | Del Rey / Ballantine | Collection | 129 |
| 1997 | Dagon and Other Macabre Tales | Arkham House | Collection | 179 |
| 2001 | Dagon and Other Macabre Tales | Arkham House | Collection | 179 |
| September 2001 | Black Seas of Infinity | Science Fiction Book Club | Collection | 164 |
| January 2003 | Waking Up Screaming: Haunting Tales of Terror | Del Rey / Ballantine | Collection | 20 |
| March 2003 | The Transition of H. P. Lovecraft: The Road to Madness | Del Rey / Ballantine | Collection | |
| September 2004 | The Dreams in the Witch House and Other Weird Stories | Penguin Books (US) | Collection | 62 |
| February 2005 | Tales | The Library of America | Collection | 55 |
| April 2005 | The Dreams in the Witch House and Other Weird Stories | Penguin Books | Collection | 62 |
| September 2007 | The Dark Worlds of H. P. Lovecraft, Volume 8 | Audio Realms | Collection | |
| 2008 | The Fiction: Complete and Unabridged | Barnes & Noble Books | Omnibus | 223 |
| March 2008 | Necronomicon: The Best Weird Tales of H. P. Lovecraft | Gollancz | Collection | 65 |
| April 2008 | Necronomicon: The Best Weird Tales of H. P. Lovecraft | Gollancz / Orion | Collection | 65 |
| June 2008 | The Transition of H. P. Lovecraft: The Road to Madness | Paw Prints | Collection | |
| 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 | 769 |
| July 2009 | Lovecraft's Best Short Stories | Dover Publications | Collection | |
| October 2009 | Necronomicon: The Best Weird Tales of H. P. Lovecraft | Gollancz | Collection | 65 |
| 2010 | The Weird Writings of H. P. Lovecraft: Vol 2 | Girasol Collectables | Collection | |
| March 2011 | The Complete Fiction | Barnes & Noble Books | Omnibus | 223 |
| August 2013 | The Drabblecast, #291 | The Drabblecast | MAGAZINE | |
| 2014 | Complete Collection of H. P. Lovecraft | Ageless Reads | Omnibus | |39 |
| February 2014 | The Lurking Fear | Start Publishing | Chapbook | |
| March 2014 | A Mountain Walked | Centipede Press | Anthology | |
| August 2014 | Necronomicon | Blackstone Audio | Collection | |3 |
| September 2014 | The Complete Fiction of H. P. Lovecraft | Race Point Publishing | Omnibus | |
| 2016 | The Complete Works | uncredited | Omnibus | 151 |
| January 2016 | H. P. Lovecraft: The Complete Omnibus, Volume I: 1917-1926 | Pulp-Lit Productions | Collection | 243 |
| January 2016 | H. P. Lovecraft: The Complete Omnibus, Volume I: 1917-1926 | Pulp-Lit Productions | Collection | 243 |
| May 2016 | The Lurking Fear, The Music of Erich Zann, The Other Gods | CreateSpace | Collection | 1 |
| July 2016 | The Complete Fiction of H. P. Lovecraft | Chartwell Books | Omnibus | 238 |
| February 2017 | Lovecraft Short Stories | Flame Tree Publishing | Anthology | 98 |
| May 2017 | H. P. Lovecraft: The Complete Fiction | Benediction Classics | Collection | 359 |
| May 2017 | H. P. Lovecraft: The Complete Fiction | Benediction Classics | Collection | |37 |
| October 2017 | The H. P. Lovecraft Collection | Sirius / Arcturus Publishing | Omnibus | |4004 |
| November 2017 | H. P. Lovecraft Short Stories | Arcturus Publishing | Collection | |
| 2018 | The H. P. Lovecraft Collection | Sirius / Arcturus Publishing | Omnibus | 66|4004 |
| 2018 | The Call of Cthulhu and Other Stories | Sirius / Arcturus Publishing | Collection | 66 |
| 2018 | H.P. Lovecraft: The Complete Fiction Omnibus: The Early Years: 1908-1925 | Pulp-Lit Productions | Collection | 299 |
| January 2018 | HorrorBabble's Classic Horror: Volume 3 | HorrorBabble | Anthology | |10 |
| January 2018 | HorrorBabble's Classic Horror: Volume 3 | HorrorBabble | Anthology | |10 |
| March 2018 | H. P. Lovecraft Short Stories | Arcturus Publishing | Collection | |
| March 2018 | H.P. Lovecraft: The Complete Fiction Omnibus: The Early Years: 1908-1925 | Pulp-Lit Productions | Collection | 299 |
| March 2018 | H.P. Lovecraft: The Complete Fiction Omnibus: The Early Years: 1908-1925 | Pulp-Lit Productions | Collection | |299 |
| June 2018 | H. P. Lovecraft Short Stories | Sirius / Arcturus Publishing | Collection | |
| November 2018 | The Gothic Tales of H. P. Lovecraft | British Library Publishing | Collection | 61 |
| 2019 | Weird Tales (disc 2) | Anthology | 791|21106791 | |
| June 2019 | The Complete Weird-Fiction Works of H.P. Lovecraft: In One Volume | Pulp-Lit Productions | Omnibus | |299 |
| August 2019 | Inhabited: Classic Haunted House Stories | Warbler Classics | Anthology | 349 |
| August 2019 | Inhabited: Classic Haunted House Stories | Warbler Classics | Anthology | |349 |
| November 2019 | H. P. Lovecraft: The Complete Fiction | Benediction Classics | Collection | 359 |
| February 2020 | HorrorBabble's Ultimate Weird Tales Collection, Volume III | HorrorBabble | Anthology | |28 |
| April 2023 | The Lurking Fear | Project Gutenberg | Chapbook | |
| March 2024 | The Horror That Lurks Beneath: Nine Tales of the Underground | HorrorBabble | Collection | |20 |
| March 2024 | The Horror That Lurks Beneath: Nine Tales of the Underground | HorrorBabble | Collection | |20 |