Volume 2 of Lovecraft's Favorite Series Each story is hand picked by Lovecraftian scholar S. T. Joshi, with introduction. H. P. Lovecraft was a voracious reader of supernatural and fantastic fiction, and he was continually on the hunt for powerful and stimulating works in these genres. Many of the stories he read directly influenced his own writings Contents Introduction by S. T. Joshi The Diamond Lens by Fitz-James O’Brien The Horla by Guy de Maupassant The Moon Pool by A. Merritt Count Magnus by M. R. James The Damned Thing by Ambrose Bierce The Dead Valley by Ralph Adams Cram The Bad Lands by John Metcalfe Ooze by Anthony M. Rud Fishhead by Irvin S. Cobb The Harbor-Master by Robert W. Chambers Ancient Sorceries by Algernon Blackwood Cassius by Henry S. Whitehead The Spider by Hanns Heinz Ewers Blind Man’s Buff by H. Russell Wakefield Limited to 150 signed and numbered hardcover copies