The following bibliography is compiled from many sources, some of them online, not the least of which is the H. P. Lovecraft Archive.
| Title | Date Written | Date Published | Notes |
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| The Noble Eavesdropper | 1897 | nonextant | |
| The Little Glass Bottle | 1897 | ||
| The Secret Cave or John Lee's Adventure | 1898 | ||
| The Mystery of the Graveyard | 1898 | ||
| The Haunted House | 1898/1902 | nonextant | |
| The Secret of the Grave | 1898/1902 | nonextant | |
| John, the Detective | 1898/1902 | nonextant | |
| The Mysterious Ship | 1902 | ||
| The Beast in the Cave | 21 Apr 1905 | June 1918 The Vagrant, No. 7 , 113-20. |
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| The Picture | 1907 | nonextant | |
| The Alchemist | 1908 | November 1916 The United Amateur, 16, No. 4, 53-57. |
his first publication |
| The Tomb | Jun 1917 | March 1922 The Vagrant, No. 14, 50-64. |
this story marks his return to writing fiction |
| Dagon | Jul 1917 | November 1919 The Vagrant, No. 11, 23-29. |
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| A Reminiscence of Dr. Samuel Johnson | 1917 | ||
| Sweet Ermengarde | 1917 | ||
| Polaris | May? 1918 | December 1920 The Philosopher, 1, No. 1 , 3-5. |
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| The Mystery of Murdon Grange | 1918 | nonextant | |
| The Green Meadow | 1918/19 | Spring 1927 The Vagrant, 188-95. |
with Winifred V. Jackson |
| Beyond the Wall of Sleep | 1919 | October 1919 Pine Cones, 1, No. 6, 2-10. |
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| Memory | 1919 | June 1919 The United Co-operative, 1, No. 2, 8. |
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| Old Bugs | 1919 | ||
| The Transition of Juan Romero | 16 Sep 1919 | Marginalia. Sauk City, WI: Arkham House, 1944, 276-84. | |
| The White Ship | Nov 1919 | November 1919 The United Amateur, 19, No. 2, 30-33. |
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| The Doom That Came to Sarnath | 3 Dec 1919 | June 1920 The Scot, No. 44, 90-8. |
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| The Statement of Randolph Carter | Dec 1919 | May 1920 The Vagrant, No. 13, 41-48. |
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| The Terrible Old Man | 28 Jan 1920 | July 1921 The Tryout, 7, No. 4, 10-14. |
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| The Tree | 1920 | October 1921 The Tryout, 7, No. 7, 3-10. |
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| The Cats of Ulthar | 15 Jun 1920 | November 1920 The Tryout, 6, No. 11, 3-9. |
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| The Temple | 1920 | September 1925 Weird Tales, 6, No. 3, 329-36, 429-31. |
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| Facts Concerning the Late Arthur Jermyn and His Family | 1920 | March 1921 The Wolverine, No. 9, 3-11. |
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| The Street | 1920? | December 1920 The Wolverine, No. 8, 2-12. |
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| Life and Death | 1920? | lost | |
| Poetry and the Gods | 1920 | September 1920 The United Amateur, 20, No. 1, 1-4. |
with Anna Helen Crofts |
| Celephais | early Nov 1920 | May 1922 The Rainbow, No. 2, 10-12. |
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| From Beyond | 16 Nov 1920 | June 1934 The Fantasy Fan, 1, No. 10, 147-51, 160. |
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| Nyarlathotep | early Dec 1920 | November 1920 The United Amateur, 20, No. 2, 19-21. |
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| The Picture in the House | 12 Dec 1920 | July 1919 The National Amateur, 41, No. 6, 246-49. |
Publication delayed until 1921 |
| The Crawling Chaos | 1920/21 | April 1921 The United Co-operative, 1, No. 3, 1-6. |
with Winifred V. Jackson |
| Ex Oblivione | 1920/21 | March 1921 The United Amateur, 20, No. 4, 59-60. |
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| The Nameless City | Jan 1921 | November 1921 The Wolverine, No. 11, 3-15. |
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| The Quest of Iranon | 28 Feb 1921 | July-August 1935 The Galleon, 1, No. 5, 12-20. |
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| The Moon-Bog | Mar 1921 | June 1926 Weird Tales, 7, No. 6, 805-10. |
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| The Outsider | 1921 | April 1926 Weird Tales, 7, No. 4, 449-53. |
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| The Other Gods | 14 Aug 1921 | November 1933 The Fantasy Fan, 1, No. 3, 35-38. |
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| The Music of Erich Zann | Dec 1921 | March 1922 The National Amateur, 44, No. 4, 38-40. |
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| Herbert West: Reanimator | Sep 1921-mid 1922 | February-July 1922 Home Brew, 1, No. 1 (February 1922), 19-25; 1, No. 2 (March 1922), 45-50; 1, No. 3 (April 1922), 21-26; 1, No. 4 (May 1922), 53-58; 1, No. 5 (June 1922), 45-50; 1, No. 6 (July 1922), 57-62. |
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| Hypnos | Mar 1922 | May 1923 The National Amateur, 45, No. 5, 1-3. |
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| What the Moon Brings | 5 Jun 1922 | May 1923 The National Amateur, 45, No. 5, 9. |
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| Azathoth | Jun 1922 | 1938 Leaves, 2: 107. |
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| The Horror at Martin's Beach | Jun 1922 | November 1923 Weird Tales, 2, No. 4, 75-76, 83. |
with Sonia H. Greene |
| The Hound | Sep 1922 | February 1924 Weird Tales, 3, No. 2, 50-52, 78. |
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| The Lurking Fear | Nov 1922 | January-April 1923 Home Brew, 2, No. 6 (January 1923), 4-10; 3, No. 1 (February 1923), 18-23; 3, No. 2 (March 1923), 31-37, 44, 48; 3, No. 3 (April 1923), 35-42. |
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| The Rats in the Walls | Aug-Sep 1923 | March 1924 Weird Tales, 3, No. 3, 25-31. |
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| The Unnamable | Sep 1923 | July 1925 Weird Tales, 6, No. 1, 78-82. |
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| Ashes | 1923 | March 1924 Weird Tales, 3, No. 3: 22-24. |
with C. M. Eddy, Jr. |
| The Ghost-Eater | 1923 | April 1924 Weird Tales, 3, No. 4, 72-75. |
with C. M. Eddy, Jr. |
| The Loved Dead | 1923 | May-July 1924 Weird Tales, 4, No. 2, 54-57. |
with C. M. Eddy, Jr. |
| The Festival | Oct 1923 | January 1925 Weird Tales, 5, No. 1, 169-74. |
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| Deaf, Dumb, and Blind | 1924? | April 1925 Weird Tales, 5, No. 4, 25-30, 177-79. |
with C. M. Eddy, Jr. |
| Imprisoned with the Pharaohs | Feb-Mar 1924 | May 1924 Weird Tales |
ghost-written for Harry Houdini reprinted July 1939 as Under the Pyramids. |
| The Shunned House | 16-19 Oct 1924 | The Shunned House, Athol, MA: The Recluse Press, 1928, 9-59. | |
| The Horror at Red Hook | 1-2 Aug 1925 | January 1927 Weird Tales, 9, No. 1, 59-73. |
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| He | 11 Aug 1925 | September 1926 Weird Tales, 8, No. 3, 373-80. |
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| In the Vault | 18 Sep 1925 | November 1925 The Tryout, 10, No. 6, 3-17. |
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| The Descendant | 1926? | 1938 Leaves, 2, 107-10. |
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| Cool Air | Mar 1926 | March 1928 Tales of Magic and Mystery, 1, No. 4, 29-34. |
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| The Call of Cthulhu | Summer 1926 | February 1928 Weird Tales, 11, No. 2, 159-78, 287. |
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| Two Black Bottles | Jul-Oct 1926 | August 1927 Weird Tales, 10, No. 2, 251-58. |
with Wilfred Blanch Talman |
| Pickman's Model | 1926 | October 1927 Weird Tales, 10, No. 4, 505-14. |
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| The Silver Key | 1926 | January 1929 Weird Tales, 13, No. 1, 41-49, 144. |
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| The Strange High House in the Mist | 9 Nov 1926 | October 1931 Weird Tales, 18, No. 3, 394-400. |
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| The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath | Autumn? 1926-22 Jan 1927 | Beyond the Wall of Sleep, Sauk City, WI: Arkham House, 1943, 76-134. | |
| The Case of Charles Dexter Ward | Jan-1 Mar 1927 | May and July 1941 Weird Tales, 35, No. 9 (May 1941), 8-40; 35, No. 10 (July 1941), 84-121. |
Originally titled The Madness Out of Time |
| The Colour Out of Space | Mar 1927 | September 1927 Amazing Stories, Vol. 2, No. 6, 557-67. |
Lovecraft considered this to be his masterpiece |
| The Very Old Folk | 2 Nov 1927 | ||
| The Thing in the Moonlight | 24 Nov 1927 | ? | Based on a dream described in a letter to Wandrei, who later turned it into a story. |
| The Last Test | 1927 | November 1928 Weird Tales, 12, No. 5, 625-56. |
with Adolphe de Castro |
| History of the Necronomicon | 1927 | A History of the Necronomicon, Oakman, AL: The Rebel Press, 1938, 2-4. | |
| The Curse of Yig | 1928 | November 1929 Weird Tales, 14, No. 5, 625-36. |
with Zealia Bishop |
| Ibid | 1928 | ||
| The Dunwich Horror | Summer 1928 | April 1929 Weird Tales, 13, No. 4, 481-508. |
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| The Electric Executioner | 1929? | August 1930 Weird Tales, 16, No. 2, 223-36. |
with Adolphe de Castro |
| The Mound | Dec 1929-early 1930 | November 1940 Weird Tales, 35, No. 6, 98-120. |
with Zealia Bishop |
| Medusa's Coil | May 1930 | January 1939 Weird Tales, 33, No. 1, 26-53. |
with Zealia Bishop |
| The Whisperer in Darkness | 24 Feb-26 Sep 1930 | August 1931 Weird Tales, 18, No. 1, 32-73. |
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| At the Mountains of Madness | Feb-22 Mar 1931 | February-April 1936 Astounding Stories, 16, No. 6 (February 1936), 8-32; 17, No. 1 (March 1936), 125-55; 17, No. 2 (April 1936), 132-50. |
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| The Shadow Over Innsmouth | Nov?-3 Dec 1931 | The Shadow over Innsmouth, Everett, PA: Visionary Publishing Co., 1936, 13-158.td> | |
| The Trap | late 1931 | March 1932 Strange Tales of Mystery and Terror, 2, No. 1, 73-88. |
with Henry S. Whitehead |
| The Dreams in the Witch-House | Jan-28 Feb 1932 | July 1933 Weird Tales, 22, No. 1, 86-111. |
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| The Man of Stone | 1932 | October 1932 Wonder Stories, 4, No. 5, 440-45, 470. |
with Hazel Heald |
| The Horror in the Museum | Oct 1932 | July 1933 Weird Tales, 22, No. 1, 49-68. |
with Hazel Heald |
| Through the Gates of the Silver Key | Oct 1932-Apr 1933 | July 1934 Weird Tales, 24, No. 1, 60-85. |
with E. Hoffmann Price |
| Winged Death | 1933 | March 1934 Weird Tales, 23, No. 3, 299-315. |
with Hazel Heald |
| Out of the Aeons | 1933 | April 1935 Weird Tales, 25, No. 4, 478-96. |
with Hazel Heald |
| The Thing on the Doorstep | 21-24 Aug 1933 | January 1937 Weird Tales, 29, No. 1, 52-70. |
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| The Horror in the Burying-Ground | 1933/35 | May 1937 Weird Tales, 29, No. 5, 596-606. |
with Hazel Heald |
| The Book | late 1933? | 1938 Leaves, 2: 110-12. |
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| The Tree on the Hill | May 1934 | September 1940 Polaris, 4-11. |
with Duane W. Rimel |
| The Battle that Ended the Century | Jun 1934 | with R. H. Barlow | |
| The Shadow Out of Time | Nov 1934-Mar 1935 | June 1936 Astounding Stories, 17, No. 4, 110-54. |
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| "Till A' the Seas" | Jan 1935 | Summer 1935 The Californian, 3, No. 1, 3-7. |
with R. H. Barlow |
| Collapsing Cosmoses | Jun 1935 | with R. H. Barlow | |
| The Challenge from Beyond | Aug 1935 | with C. L. Moore, A. Merritt, Robert E. Howard, and Frank Belknap Long | |
| The Disinterment | Sep 1935 | Summer 1935 The Californian, 3, No. 1, 3-7. |
with Duane W. Rimel |
| The Diary of Alonzo Typer | Oct 1935 | February 1938 Weird Tales, 31, No. 2, 152-66. |
with William Lumley |
| The Haunter of the Dark | Nov 1935 | December 1936 Weird Tales, 28, No. 5, 538-53. |
dedicated to R. H. Barlow |
| In the Walls of Eryx | Jan 1936 | October 1939 Weird Tales, 34, No. 4, 50-68. |
with Kenneth Sterling |
| The Night Ocean | Autumn? 1936 | Winter 1936 The Californian, 4, No. 3, 41-56. |
with R. H. Barlow |
| The Evil Clergyman | 1937 | April 1939 Weird Tales, 33, No. 4, 135-37. |
may have been written Oct '33 |