at the mountains of madness and other tales of terror

In the research I did after I finished I discovered it’s because of Lovecraft’s life-long fascination with Antarctica and in following the exploits of its explorers. One was how “authentic” the expedition to Antarctica reads, even today. The second time I read it, I found new things to discover. I first read this Lovecraft novella in college some decades ago, and enjoyed it, but while I remembered the basic plot, I’d forgotten a lot of the specifics. Each book features a brand new biography and glossary of Literary, Gothic and Victorian terms. Discover a storehouse of tales gathered specifically for the reader of the fantastic. It is only through sheer luck that two of them manage to escape, leaving the gnarled bodies of their companions, and live to tell the tale as a warning for all those who come after.FLAME TREE 451: From mystery to crime, supernatural to horror and fantasy to science fiction, Flame Tree 451 offers a healthy diet of werewolves and mechanical men, blood-lusty vampires, dastardly villains, mad scientists, secret worlds, lost civilizations and escapist fantasies. In a gripping tale of fast-paced discovery an entire alien ecosystem is uncovered, and an ancient and bloody battle into which the adventurers have been drawn. Lovecraft indulges his talent for the macabre and horrific. Revealing hidden secrets, lost civilisations and alien origins, master storyteller H.P. As a new expedition to Antarctica is planned a dark tale emerges of a previous, life-threatening adventure.

At the mountains of madness and other tales of terror