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The Very Old Folk

H. P. Lovecraft

First published 1940
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story

Notes

Written in a letter sent to Donald Wandrei by H. P. Lovecraft on 3 November 1927. Expanded with Lovecraft's permission into "The Horror from the Hills" by Frank Belknap Long.

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Publications (26)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
1940 Cover Scienti-Snaps, Summer 1940 Empress Publications FANZINE 4
1944 Cover Marginalia Arkham House Collection 294
August 1978 Cover Uncollected Prose and Poetry Necronomicon Press Collection 38
October 1984 Cover Hallowe'en Hauntings: Stories About the Most Ghostly Night of the Year William Kimber Anthology 173
February 1995 Cover Miscellaneous Writings Arkham House Collection 46
2008 Cover The Fiction: Complete and Unabridged Barnes & Noble Books Omnibus 623
March 2011 Cover The Complete Fiction Barnes & Noble Books Omnibus 623
July 2011 Cover Eldritch Tales: A Miscellany of the Macabre Gollancz Collection
July 2011 Cover Eldritch Tales: A Miscellany of the Macabre Gollancz Collection
July 2011 Cover Eldritch Tales: A Miscellany of the Macabre Gollancz / Orion Collection
2014 Cover Complete Collection of H. P. Lovecraft Ageless Reads Omnibus |62
September 2014 Cover The Complete Fiction of H. P. Lovecraft Race Point Publishing Omnibus
2016 Cover The Complete Works uncredited Omnibus 430
July 2016 Cover The Complete Fiction of H. P. Lovecraft Chartwell Books Omnibus 666
May 2017 Cover H. P. Lovecraft: The Complete Fiction Benediction Classics Collection 458
May 2017 Cover H. P. Lovecraft: The Complete Fiction Benediction Classics Collection |60
October 2017 Cover The H. P. Lovecraft Collection Sirius / Arcturus Publishing Omnibus |134
2018 Cover The H. P. Lovecraft Collection Sirius / Arcturus Publishing Omnibus 134
2018 Cover Macabre Stories Sirius / Arcturus Publishing Collection 134
2018 Cover H.P. Lovecraft: The Complete Fiction Omnibus Collection: The Prime Years: 1926-1936 Pulp-Lit Productions Collection 311
March 2018 Cover H.P. Lovecraft: The Complete Fiction Omnibus Collection: The Prime Years: 1926-1936 Pulp-Lit Productions Collection 311
March 2018 Cover H.P. Lovecraft: The Complete Fiction Omnibus Collection: The Prime Years: 1926-1936 Pulp-Lit Productions Collection 311
March 2018 Cover H.P. Lovecraft: The Complete Fiction Omnibus Collection: The Prime Years: 1926-1936 Pulp-Lit Productions Collection |311
June 2019 Cover The Complete Weird-Fiction Works of H.P. Lovecraft: In One Volume Pulp-Lit Productions Omnibus |1311
November 2019 Cover H. P. Lovecraft: The Complete Fiction Benediction Classics Collection 458
March 2020 Cover Eldritch Tales: A Miscellany of the Macabre Gollancz Collection