The thing on the door-step by H. P. Lovecraft
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"The Thing on the Doorstep" by H. P. Lovecraft is a horror short story written in August 1933 and published in January 1937. Daniel Upton confesses to killing his best friend Edward Derby, insisting he's not a murderer. Derby's marriage to the occult-obsessed Asenath Waite brings disturbing changes—he exhibits abilities he never learned, speaks of sinister body possession, and hints that Asenath's deceased father may still be alive. As Derby's behavior grows
increasingly erratic, Upton confronts a terrifying truth about souls, bodies, and something waiting on his doorstep. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Lovecraft, H. P. (Howard Phillips), 1890-1937 |
|---|---|
| Illustrator | Finlay, Virgil, 1914-1971 |
| Title | The thing on the door-step |
| Alternate Title | The thing on the doorstep |
| Original Publication | Indianapolis, IN: Popular Fiction Publishing Company, 1937. |
| Series Title | Produced from Weird Tales January 1937. |
| Note | Wikipedia page on this work: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Thing_on_the_Doorstep |
| Credits | Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 67.9 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature |
| Subject | Horror tales |
| Subject | Paranormal fiction |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 73230 |
| ISBN (HTML) | 979-8-238-73230-5 |
| Release Date | Mar 22, 2024 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 362 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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