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The Rats in the Walls

H. P. Lovecraft

First published March 1924
Type Short Fiction
Length Novelette

Synopsis

An American moves back into the English estate of his ancestors, and falls prey to their heritage.

Notes

  • Written in August/September 1923. First published in Weird Tales, March 1924.
  • While often listed as a short story this work is 7,943 words which classifies it as a novelette (7,500 up to 17,500 words).

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Publications (145)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
March 1924 Cover Weird Tales, March 1924 The Rural Publishing Corp. MAGAZINE 25
June 1930 Cover Weird Tales, June 1930 Popular Fiction Publishing Co. MAGAZINE 841|841.2
April 1931 Cover Switch on the Light Selwyn & Blount Anthology 141
1939 Cover The Outsider and Others Arkham House Collection 73
1944 Cover Great Tales of Terror and the Supernatural Modern Library Anthology 1010
1944 Cover Sleep No More: Twenty Masterpieces of Horror for the Connoisseur Farrar & Rinehart Anthology 351
1944 Cover Sleep No More: Twenty Masterpieces of Horror for the Connoisseur Editions for the Armed Services Anthology 351
1945 Cover The Dunwich Horror and Other Weird Tales Editions for the Armed Services Collection 70
April 1945 Cover Best Supernatural Stories of H. P. Lovecraft World Publishing Co. Collection 33
September 1945 Best Supernatural Stories of H. P. Lovecraft World Publishing Co. Collection 33
June 1946 Cover Best Supernatural Stories of H. P. Lovecraft World Publishing Co. Collection 33
1947 Great Tales of Terror and the Supernatural Hammond, Hammond & Co. Anthology 783
1947 Cover Great Tales of Terror and the Supernatural Modern Library Anthology 1010
September 1950 Best Supernatural Stories of H. P. Lovecraft World Publishing Co. Collection 33
1951 Cover The Haunter of the Dark and Other Tales of Horror Gollancz Collection |3
1957 Great Tales of Terror and the Supernatural Hammond, Hammond & Co. Anthology 783
1963 Cover The Dunwich Horror and Others: The Best Supernatural Stories of H. P. Lovecraft Arkham House Collection 33
1963 Cover The Haunter of the Dark and Other Tales of Terror Panther Collection
December 1963 Cover The Dunwich Horror and Others Lancer Books Collection 41
November 1964 Cover The Haunter of the Dark Panther Collection 16
1965 Cover The Haunter of the Dark and Other Tales of Terror Panther Collection
1966 Cover The Dunwich Horror and Others Arkham House Collection 33
March 1969 Cover The Dunwich Horror Lancer Books Collection 49
1970 Cover The Dunwich Horror and Others Arkham House Collection 33
1970 Cover The Haunter of the Dark and Other Tales of Terror Panther Collection 16
1971 Cover Great Tales of Terror and the Supernatural Hammond, Hammond & Co. Anthology 783
November 1971 Cover The Dunwich Horror Lancer Books Collection 49
November 1971 Cover The Dunwich Horror Lancer Books Collection 49
1972 Cover Great Tales of Terror and the Supernatural Hammond, Hammond & Co. Anthology 783
July 1972 Cover The Dunwich Horror Lancer Books Collection 49
1973 Cover The Rats in the Walls Caedmon Chapbook
1974 Cover The Dunwich Horror and Others Arkham House Collection 33
1974 Cover The Haunter of the Dark and Other Tales of Terror Panther Collection 16
1977 Cover The Haunter of the Dark and Other Tales of Horror Gollancz Collection
1977 Cover Great Tales of Terror and the Supernatural Book Club Associates Anthology 783
June 1977 Cover The Best Ghost Stories Hamlyn Anthology 707
1978 Cover The Dunwich Horror and Others Jove / HBJ Collection
January 1981 Cover The Dunwich Horror and Others: The Best Supernatural Stories of H. P. Lovecraft Arkham House Collection 33
March 1981 Cover A Treasury of Modern Fantasy Avon Anthology 1
1982 Cover 65 Great Spine Chillers Octopus Books Anthology 437
1982 Cover 65 Great Spine Chillers Octopus Books / Marks and Spencer Anthology 437
1982 Great Tales of Terror and the Supernatural Hutchinson Anthology 783
October 1982 The Best of H. P. Lovecraft: Bloodcurdling Tales of Horror and the Macabre Del Rey / Ballantine Collection 15
November 1982 Cover Great Short Tales of Mystery and Terror Reader's Digest Association Anthology 370
1983 Cover 65 Great Spine Chillers Octopus Books Anthology 437
1984 Cover The Dunwich Horror and Others Arkham House Collection 26
1985 Cover 65 Great Spine Chillers Octopus Books Anthology 437
1985 Cover The Dunwich Horror and Others Arkham House Collection 26
1985 Cover The H. P. Lovecraft Omnibus 3: The Haunter of the Dark and Other Tales Panther Collection 19
1986 Cover The H. P. Lovecraft Omnibus 3: The Haunter of the Dark and Other Tales Grafton Collection 19
1987 Cover The H. P. Lovecraft Omnibus 3: The Haunter of the Dark and Other Tales Grafton Collection 19
September 1987 Cover House Shudders DAW Books Anthology 77
October 1987 Cover The Dark Descent Tor Anthology 431
1988 Cover The Dunwich Horror and Others Arkham House Collection 26
August 1988 Cover The Dark Descent Tor / BOMC Anthology 431
September 1988 Cover The Best of H. P. Lovecraft: Bloodcurdling Tales of Horror and the Macabre Del Rey / Ballantine Collection 15
March 1990 Cover The Best Ghost Stories (abridged) Mallard Press Anthology 381
September 1990 Cover The Best Ghost Stories (abridged) Ivy Leaf Anthology 381
November 1990 Cover The Medusa in the Shield Grafton Anthology 161
November 1990 Cover The Medusa in the Shield Grafton Anthology 161
1991 Cover The Medusa in the Shield Grafton Anthology 263
November 1991 Cover The Medusa in the Shield Tor Anthology 216
1992 Cover The Dunwich Horror and Others Arkham House Collection 26
August 1992 Cover Masters of Fantasy Galahad Books Anthology 1
1993 Crawling Chaos Creation Books Collection 102
1994 Great Tales of Terror and the Supernatural Modern Library Anthology 965
October 1994 Cover Masters of Fantasy Bristol Park Books Anthology 1
October 1994 Cover Tales of Terror and the Supernatural Bracken Books Anthology 562
October 1994 Cover Great Tales of Terror and the Supernatural Modern Library Anthology 965
April 1995 The Best of H. P. Lovecraft: Bloodcurdling Tales of Horror and the Macabre Del Rey / Ballantine Collection 15
1996 Cover Tales of Terror and the Supernatural: A Classic Collection Leopard Anthology 562
1997 Cover Crawling Chaos Creation Books Collection 52
1997 Cover Tales of H. P. Lovecraft Ecco Press Collection
1997 Cover Weird Tales: Seven Decades of Terror Barnes & Noble Books Anthology 19
1997 Cover The Dunwich Horror and Others Arkham House Collection 26
February 1997 Cover The Dark Descent Tor Anthology 431
August 1997 Cover The Annotated H. P. Lovecraft Dell Collection 25
August 1997 Cover Haunted Houses: The Greatest Stories MJF Books Anthology 3
October 1997 Cover Telling Stories: An Anthology for Writers W. W. Norton & Company Anthology 389
October 1999 Cover The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories Penguin Books (US) Collection 89
September 2000 Cover Tales of H. P. Lovecraft Ecco Press Collection 14
October 2000 Cover My Favorite Horror Story DAW Books Anthology 180
September 2001 Cover Black Seas of Infinity Science Fiction Book Club Collection 55
July 2002 Cover The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories Penguin Books Collection 89
November 2002 Cover The Best of H. P. Lovecraft: Bloodcurdling Tales of Horror and the Macabre Del Rey / Ballantine Collection |2
May 2004 Cover My Favorite Horror Story BP Books / ibooks Anthology 219
July 2004 Cover Weird Tales, March 1924 Girasol Collectables Anthology 25
February 2005 Cover Tales The Library of America Collection 77
2007 Cover My Favorite Horror Story MJF Books Anthology 154
November 2007 Cover Tales of H. P. Lovecraft Harper Perennial Modern Classics Collection 14
November 2007 Cover My Favorite Horror Story ibooks Anthology
2008 Cover The Fiction: Complete and Unabridged Barnes & Noble Books Omnibus 240
January 2008 Cover The Annotated H. P. Lovecraft Dell / SFBC Collection
March 2008 Cover Necronomicon: The Best Weird Tales of H. P. Lovecraft Gollancz Collection 90
April 2008 Cover Necronomicon: The Best Weird Tales of H. P. Lovecraft Gollancz / Orion Collection 90
September 2008 Cover Necronomicon: The Best Weird Tales of H. P. Lovecraft Gollancz / Orion Collection
November 2008 Cover H. P. Lovecraft: Masters of the Weird Tale Centipede Press Collection 504
May 2009 Cover The Call of Cthulhu and Other Dark Tales Barnes & Noble Books Collection |8
October 2009 Cover Necronomicon: The Best Weird Tales of H. P. Lovecraft Gollancz Collection 90
2010 The Weird Writings of H. P. Lovecraft: Vol 1 Girasol Collectables Collection
May 2010 Cover The Best of H. P. Lovecraft Prion Books Collection
March 2011 Cover The Complete Fiction Barnes & Noble Books Omnibus 240
May 2011 Cover The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Tales Vintage (UK) Collection
May 2011 Cover The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Tales Vintage Digital Collection
September 2011 Cover The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories Penguin Books Collection 89
October 2011 The Haunter of the Dark Wordsworth Editions Collection
August 2012 Cover The Oxford Book of American Short Stories Oxford University Press Anthology 296
November 2012 Cover The Rats in the Walls Fantasy and Horror Classics Chapbook
June 2013 Cover Rat War: A Horror Anthology STFU Publishing Anthology 154
2014 Cover The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Tales Vintage (UK) Collection
2014 Cover Complete Collection of H. P. Lovecraft Ageless Reads Omnibus |46
January 2014 Cover The Rats in the Walls Positronic Publishing Chapbook
June 2014 Cover Fantastic Stories Presents: Fantasy Super Pack #1 Positronic Publishing Anthology |32
July 2014 Cover The Rats in the Walls HarperPerennial Classics Chapbook
August 2014 Cover Fantastic Stories Presents: Fantasy Super Pack #1 Positronic Publishing Anthology |32
August 2014 Cover Necronomicon Blackstone Audio Collection |4
September 2014 Cover The Complete Fiction of H. P. Lovecraft Race Point Publishing Omnibus
2016 Cover The Complete Works uncredited Omnibus 164
March 2016 Cover The Rats in the Walls Fantasy and Horror Classics Chapbook
July 2016 Cover The Complete Fiction of H. P. Lovecraft Chartwell Books Omnibus 257
October 2016 Cover The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories Penguin Books (US) Collection
February 2017 Cover Lovecraft Short Stories Flame Tree Publishing Anthology 110
May 2017 Cover H. P. Lovecraft: The Complete Fiction Benediction Classics Collection 387
May 2017 Cover H. P. Lovecraft: The Complete Fiction Benediction Classics Collection |44
June 2017 Cover HorrorBabble's Classic Horror: Volume 1 HorrorBabble Anthology |1
June 2017 Cover HorrorBabble's Classic Horror: Volume 1 HorrorBabble Anthology |1
October 2017 Cover The H. P. Lovecraft Collection Sirius / Arcturus Publishing Omnibus |4005
November 2017 Cover The Classic Horror Collection Arcturus Publishing Anthology |9
2018 Cover The H. P. Lovecraft Collection Sirius / Arcturus Publishing Omnibus 89|4005
2018 Cover The Call of Cthulhu and Other Stories Sirius / Arcturus Publishing Collection 89
2018 Cover H.P. Lovecraft: The Complete Fiction Omnibus: The Early Years: 1908-1925 Pulp-Lit Productions Collection 319
February 2018 Cover Chthonic: Weird Tales of Inner Earth Martian Migraine Press Anthology |9
February 2018 Cover Chthonic: Weird Tales of Inner Earth Martian Migraine Press Anthology |9
March 2018 Cover The Classic Horror Collection Arcturus Publishing Anthology |9
March 2018 Cover H.P. Lovecraft: The Complete Fiction Omnibus: The Early Years: 1908-1925 Pulp-Lit Productions Collection 319
March 2018 Cover H.P. Lovecraft: The Complete Fiction Omnibus: The Early Years: 1908-1925 Pulp-Lit Productions Collection |319
May 2018 Cover The Classic Horror Collection Sirius / Arcturus Publishing Anthology |9
2019 Cover Weird Tales Pulp Classics on DVD Anthology 25|10303025
2019 Weird Tales (disc 2) Anthology 841|21506841.2
January 2019 Cover Haunted House Short Stories Flame Tree Publishing Anthology
June 2019 Cover The Complete Weird-Fiction Works of H.P. Lovecraft: In One Volume Pulp-Lit Productions Omnibus |319
August 2019 The Drabblecast, #413 The Drabblecast MAGAZINE
November 2019 Cover H. P. Lovecraft: The Complete Fiction Benediction Classics Collection 387
August 2023 Cover Atomic Werewolves and Man-Eating Plants: When Men's Adventure Magazines Got Weird New Texture Anthology |125
August 2023 Cover Atomic Werewolves and Man-Eating Plants: When Men's Adventure Magazines Got Weird New Texture Anthology |125