H. P. Lovecraft is considered by many to be one of the most influential writers of horror and mystery. This is a selection of his 23 first stories containing the following titles: The Tomb, Dagon, A Reminiscence of Dr. Samuel Johnson, Polaris, Beyond the Wall of Sleep, Memory, Old Bugs, The Transition of Juan Romero, The White Ship, The Doom that Came to Sarnath, The Statement of Randolph Carter, The Street, The Terrible Old Man, The Cats of Ulthar, The Tree, Celephaïs, From Beyond, The Temple, Nyarlathotep, The Picture in the House, Facts Concerning the Late Arthur Jermyn and His Family, The Nameless City, and The Quest of Iranon.They are presented to you in an official edition without changes to the original texts, external footnotes, unnecessary prologues, etc. The best Lovecraft stories from the beginning as they were originally published.