The Outsider (Fantasy and Horror Classics); With a Dedication by George Henry Weiss - Lovecraft, H P
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I know not what I am, only that I am not of this world. Trapped since birth within the crumbling, lightless stone walls of an endless castle, the narrator knows nothing of the outside world, of nature, or of other people. His entire existence is a solitary, gothic nightmare spent amongst decaying volumes and the silence of his ancestral tomb. He knows himself only as an Outsider--a being profoundly different and utterly alone. Driven by a desperate, agonizing curiosity to see the sun and know the truth of life, he undertakes a terrifying ascent through the castle's highest, impossible tower.…mehr

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I know not what I am, only that I am not of this world. Trapped since birth within the crumbling, lightless stone walls of an endless castle, the narrator knows nothing of the outside world, of nature, or of other people. His entire existence is a solitary, gothic nightmare spent amongst decaying volumes and the silence of his ancestral tomb. He knows himself only as an Outsider--a being profoundly different and utterly alone. Driven by a desperate, agonizing curiosity to see the sun and know the truth of life, he undertakes a terrifying ascent through the castle's highest, impossible tower. He breaches the final ceiling, crawling out onto the surface of the world, and finds himself standing in a vibrant, moonlit graveyard. Drawn by lights and sounds of festivity, the Outsider makes his way toward a great house filled with revelers. But when he enters the brightly lit hall, his sudden appearance is met not with curiosity, but with a universal, echoing terror. People scream, faint, and flee in a panicked stampede, leaving him alone to face the source of the dread. He searches for the unseen monster, only to find himself standing before a glistening, polished mirror. What he sees there is the horrifying, unnameable truth of his own face and form--a revelation that forces him to acknowledge his true nature and retreat forever into the comfortable darkness of the abyss. H. P. Lovecraft's most celebrated short story is a profound and intensely moving fable of isolation, self-discovery, and existential horror. "The Outsider" is a gothic masterpiece that asks: What if the monster is you?
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Howard Phillips Lovecraft (20 August 1890 - 15 March 1937) was an American writer of weird fiction and horror fiction, who is known for his creation of what became the Cthulhu Mythos. Lovecraft was relatively unknown during his lifetime. While his stories appeared in prominent pulp magazines such as Weird Tales not many people knew his name. Throughout his adult life, Lovecraft was never able to support himself from earnings as an author and editor. He was almost exclusively published in pulp magazines before he died in poverty at the age of 46, but is now regarded as one of the most significant 20th-century authors of supernatural horror fiction. Among his most celebrated tales are "The Call of Cthulhu", "The Rats in the Walls," At the Mountains of Madness, The Shadow over Innsmouth, and The Shadow Out of Time.