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Just downloaded his complete work
whats his best short story?

>> No.22360012

The shadow over innsmouth. It has fish people.

>> No.22360122

The color out of space.

>> No.22360124

>>22360010
Rats in the walls, genuinely the best and most suspenseful story of his.
>SAVE ME NIGGERMAN!!!

>> No.22360129

>>22360012
This. It has a great, captivating plot and creates just the right atmosphere.
Some of his other works can seem a bit dragged out at times.

>> No.22360135

>>22360010
I liked the whisperer in the darkness

>> No.22360137

>>22360135
>google this one out of curiosity the first time I heard about it
>just looking for where to get it
>first link was a wikipedia article or some shit about how it was "One of the first X-story of it's kind"
>X was the brain in a jar part spoiling the whole fucking book for no reason

Ruined.

>> No.22360146

>>22360010
I really dug "What the Moon Brings." It's only 2 pages, but the way it uses language is really odd.

>> No.22360243

>>22360010
the raven

>> No.22360322

>>22360010
My favorite is under the pyramids

>> No.22360657

>>22360010
It's like 10 pages long, but The Music of Erich Zann is still the best for me.

>> No.22360672

The Nigger

>> No.22360732

Just play Quake 1, you'll get the jist.

>> No.22360735

>>22360135
my favorite

>>22360137
lol

>>22360122
eh

>> No.22360773

>>22360010
I really liked "The Tree" because it was more philosophical than creepy/filled with dread. It's pretty short. If you like the soothing tones of Dagoth Ur, here's a video with him narrating: https://youtu.be/1pJx_umXnF0

From Wikipedia:
"The Tree" is a macabre short story by American horror fiction writer H. P. Lovecraft. It was written in 1920, and published in October 1921 in The Tryout. Set in ancient Greece, the story concerns two sculptors who accept a commission with ironic consequences. Lovecraft wrote "The Tree" early in his career.

>> No.22360784

Ex Oblivione

>> No.22360788

>>22360010
color out of space was my fave

>> No.22360789

The Beast in The Cave will give you an easy entry to his other stuff

>> No.22360832

Delete and download Poe's work instead.

>> No.22360835

>>22360243
that's by poe you dumbass

>> No.22360882

>>22360012
fpbp
it also allows you to fully enjoy one of yt classics and laugh at plebs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tTHn2tHhcI

>> No.22360903

start with Dagon

>> No.22361153

>>22360010
Call of the crocodile

>> No.22361216

>>22360010
The Nigger out of the Hood
The Shadow over Bix Nood
The (nigger-ridden) Street
Beyond the Wall of Sneed

>> No.22361267

is the dunwitch horror any good?

>> No.22361367

>>22361267
I liked it a lot. Ends differently than most of other work as well.

>> No.22361370

My favorite is probably Dreams in the Witch House.

>> No.22361446

>>22360773
Having Dagoth Ur narrate Lovecraft's works has to be one of the better feats of AI. I absolutely loved consuming Call of Cthulhu in the form of having it narrated by Dagoth Ur.

>> No.22361452

>>22360012
I came here to say this

>> No.22361456

>>22361446
*one of my favorite feats of AI.

>> No.22361464
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22361464

>>22360010
aheM

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>>22360010
The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath

>> No.22361733

>>22360135
I second this, also Herbert West: Reanimator is very fun.

Only really disturbing story by him is the Color out of space.

Other worth mentioning are:
The Horror in The Museum
Pickman's Model
The Temple
The Music of Erich Zann
The Curse of Yig

Also not really a Lovecraft story but Medusa's Coil is hilarious

>> No.22361734

>>22361216
You forgot Nigs in the Walls and Beyond the Skreets of Detroit.

>> No.22361744

>>22360012
Yes. Also "Pickman's Model".

>> No.22361747

>>22360010
Call of Cthulhu by objective standard
Color out of space for what he was trying to get at

>> No.22361748

>>22360012
My favorite
But not his best

>> No.22361780

Uninstall.exe