A review by julicke95
The Haunter of the Dark: Collected Short Stories Volume 3 by H.P. Lovecraft

5.0

Epitome of weird horror. Not all the short stories were equally memorable ('The Shadow over Innsmouth' and 'The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath' were some of my favourites) and some of the horror is somewhat downplayed by Lovecraft's refusal to describe what it looks like (lot's of "unspeakable horrors" and such), but nevertheless a superb collection of short weird horror stories. Lovecraft's monsters are not your run-of-the-mill scary creatures with fangs, claws and blood-red eyes. Just like some of the environments his protagonists are thrusts into (notably the dreamscapes of Kadath), his monsters can only accurately be described as weird, almost unimaginably so (and yet at times eerily familiar). In this way, Lovecraft exploits both the human fascination and fear of the unknown, of both his protagonists (who pay for it dearly) and readers.