The second issue of H.P. Lovecraft's Magazine of Horror is dedicated to classic fantasy writer Richard Matheson, presenting an original story, interview, and critical overview of his movies. An additional 11 stories fill out the issue, including work by such luminaries as Tanith Lee, Ray Russell, Chris Bunch, a classic reprint from E. Hoffman Price, and much more. Plus all the usual features by editor Marvin Kaye, book reviewer Craig Shaw Gardner, and film critic Greg Lamberson. Plus poetry by H.P. Lovecraft, Lynn Jamneck, and Mike Allen. Rounding out the issue is a fine selection of artwork by Steve Hickman (cover), Allen Koszowski, Alex McVey, Britt Spencer, George H. Scithers, Mike Dublisch, and David Grilla.

H.P. Lovecraft's essay on Supernatural Horror in Literature is published here together with a showcase of the fiction which Lovecraft recommends. Authors include Charles Dickens, Victor Hugo, Edgar Allan Poe, Ambrose Bierce, Clark Ashton Smith, Rudyard Kipling, Oscar Wilde, A. Conan Doyle, H.G. Wells, Arthur Machen, Algernon Blackwood, M.R. James and many more.

This horror story has a man unable to distinguish between what is real and not real in a museum and finding out in a very horrific way. Stephen King said "H. P. Lovecraft has yet to be surpassed as the twentieth century's greatest practitioner of the classic horror tale."

Weird Tales has always been the most popular and sought-after of all pulp magazines. Its mix of exotic fantasy, horror, science fiction, suspense, and the just plain indescribable has enthralled generations of readers throughout the world. Collected here are 13 of the best short stories published in Weird Tales' first year of publication, 1923 -- classics by many who would later play an integral part in the Unique Magazine, such as H.P. Lovecraft, Frank Owen, and Farnsworth Wright.

Armchair Fiction features the best in classic horror and fantasy short story collections. Here it is?part one of the greatest collection of H. P. Lovecraft works ever put together, "Masters of Horror, Vol. Two: H. P. Lovecraft, the Ultimate Illustrated Weird Tales Collection, Pt. 1." This incredible collection features the very best horror tales of H. P. Lovecraft, complete with their Weird Tales illustrations and publishing dates. It also contains a Lovecraft photo gallery showing H. P. at the many stages of his life and career. You get the best of Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos series, as well as top tales from his "Dream Cycle," as well as other miscellaneous tales of horror and fantasy. The lineup includes "The Dunwich Horror," "Cool Air," "The Haunter of the Dark," "The Rats in the Walls," "Hypnos," "The Hound," "Pickman's Model," "The Thing on the Doorstep," "The Statement of Randolph Carter," "The Shadow Over Innsmouth," "The Call of Cthulhu," The Shunned House," "The Nameless City," and "From Beyond." So kick back in your favorite armchair and take aim at fourteen gems from the all-time master of the classic horror yarn.

The fourth issue of H.P. Lovecraft's Magazine of Horror presents a stellar lineup of fiction and non-fiction. Includes a conversation with best-selling author Laurell K. Hamilton, as well as fiction by such luminaries as Darrell Schweitzer ("Sometimes You Have to Shout About It"), Ken Rand ("Crickets, Everywhere"), Jay Lake ("Ever"), Erin Donahoe ("The Old Ones Reborn"), Yoiya Finley ("The Taxidermist's Collection"), Esther Friesner ("The Really Big Sleep"), Morgan Llywelyn ("The View from Here"), Leah Bobet ("Scars"), Nick Knight ("Thinking of You"), and Ron Goulart ("The Problem of the Missing Werewolf").