The Lovecraft Vault

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• The Chadbourne Episode | Ghoul Horror by Henry S. Whitehead

  October 7, 2026 · 38 min

  THE CHADBOURNE EPISODE is a short story by the American writer, Henry S. Whitehead. It first appeared in the February 1933 edition of Weird Tales Magazine with the following description: “A shuddery graveyard tale of ghastly shapes…

• DAGON: A Dramatic Adaptation

  September 30, 2026 · 19 min

  DAGON was first published in the November 1919 edition of The Vagrant. This dramatic adaptation takes place on a stormy night in a prison cell, as the protagonist attempts to explain and justify an inexplicable bout of mania.

• Celephaïs by H. P. Lovecraft | A Dream Cycle Story

  September 23, 2026 · 17 min

  CELEPHAÏS is a Dream Cycle story, first published in the May 1922 edition of The Rainbow. "In a dream Kuranes saw the city in the valley..."

• The Lady in Gray by Donald Wandrei | A Tale of Cosmic Horror

  September 16, 2026 · 17 min

  THE LADY IN GRAY is a short story by the American author, Donald Wandrei. The tale first appeared in Weird Tales in its December 1933 edition, and was described by the magazine as follows: “The story of a strange woman and a loathsome gray…

• Horror at Vecra by Henry Hasse | A Cthulhu Mythos Story

  September 9, 2026 · 1 hr 2 min

  HORROR AT VECRA is a Cthulhu Mythos story by the American author, Henry Hasse, first published in The Acolyte, in its Fall 1943 edition. "After losing their way, two travellers arrive in the eerie village of Vecra, where strange books…

• The Horror in the Museum by H. P. Lovecraft and Hazel Heald

  September 2, 2026 · 1 hr 18 min

  THE HORROR IN THE MUSEUM is a short story ghostwritten by H. P. Lovecraft for Hazel Heald in October 1932, first published in the July 1933 edition of Weird Tales. The story concerns a private wax museum that specialises in the grotesque.

• The Transition of Juan Romero by H. P. Lovecraft

  August 26, 2026 · 19 min

  THE TRANSITION OF JUAN ROMERO is a short story by H. P. Lovecraft, first published in Marginalia, a 1944 Arkham House collection. The story concerns a mine, beneath which is discovered an immense and mysterious chasm.

• The Spirits of the Lake by Alonzo Deen Cole | A Tale of Cosmic Horror

  August 19, 2026 · 26 min

  THE SPIRITS OF THE LAKE is a short story by Alonzo Deen Cole, author and director of the 1930s radio series, The Witch's Tale. The story first appeared in the November 1941 edition of Weird Tales. "Was it at the bidding of the 'Old Ones'…