Selected and Introduced by M.J.Elliot "I tried to turn away, but the shadows and the sounds and the stench were everywhere. Then I remembered something I used to do in half-conscious nightmares as a boy, and began to repeat to myself, "This is a dream! This is a dream!" But it was of no use..." This collection brings together for the first time some of H P Lovecraft"s more obscure works of weird fiction. Within these pages you will find a serial ghost-written for the famous showman Harry Houdini, a rare foray into science fiction and several fantastic tales from the Cthulhu Mythos. The Loved Dead is a book for every true Lovecraft aficionado.