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Three horror stories about curses and retribution.
The Terrible Old Man is a short story written by H. P. Lovecraft and first published in July 1921. It is notable as the first story to introduce Lovecraft's fictional New England setting, featuring the town of Kingsport. The story centers on a mysterious, ancient man described as "so old that no one can remember when he was young, and so taciturn that few know his real name," who lives alone in an old house on Water Street near the sea. He is believed to have once been a captain of East India clipper ships and to have accumulated a vast fortune, though he is also reputed to be exceedingly feeble. The Blue Spectacles is a short story by August Derleth, first published in the July 1949 issue of Weird Tales. The story features Alan Verneul, a New Orleans divorce lawyer and womanizer, who acquires a pair of centuries-old blue Chinese glasses during Mardi Gras. When worn by an immoral person, these glasses grant visions of the wearer's earlier incarnation, serving as a supernatural punishment. No Ships Pass written by Lady Eleanor Smith is strange tale of a shipwrecked sailor who manages to swim to a remote tropical island. He discovers, to his surprise, that he is not the first sailor to alight there. There are already four castaways ashore...and mysteriously some of them have been there for a very long time. Up to 140 years, in fact. Before long he realizes that there is something very peculiar and sinister about the island. He determines to try to escape, whatever the odds.  Love and loneliness, a dangerous combination in a ghost. | Narrator and Producer Marlene Pardo Pellicer 
Living close to Arkham always produces weird families.
"Witches' Hollow" is a short story by August Derleth, presented as a "posthumous collaboration" with H.P. Lovecraft. The story is set west of Arkham and revolves around an Arkham schoolteacher's efforts to save a student, Andrew Potter, from a malignant influence. The plot begins with the teacher noticing unusual behavior in Andrew Potter, who seems to respond to stimuli beyond the teacher's perception. Upon investigating, the teacher learns that the Potter family lives in isolation in a place known as Witches' Hollow, a location rumored to be haunted by dark forces. The teacher's inquiries lead him to discover that the Potters are connected to an entity brought down from the sky by their ancestor, Old Wizard Potter. The story includes Lovecraftian elements like a learned university professor from Miskatonic University, connections to the Sea of R'lyeh, the Elder Gods and the Necronomicon.  Like a siren's call, the dead have ways of alleviating their loneliness. | Narrated by Marlene Pardo Pellicer
The Black Island, Being the Narrative of Horvath Blayne" is a short Cthulhu Mythos story by August Derleth. | There is an island in the South Pacific that surfaces only at certain times, and it serves as the portal for the ultimate evil.
In the story, the protagonist, Horvath Blayne, encounters the Black Island, a mysterious place where Cthulhu is believed to be hidden. The story is notable for its blend of Lovecraftian horror and Derleth's own interpretation of the Cthulhu Mythos. 
The Keeper of the Key is part of The Trail of Cthulhu series. | In pursuit of the ultimate evil, you have to resort to raising the dead, because no living person has the answers you are seeking. | Narrated by Marlene Pardo Pellicer
The Gorge Beyond Salapunco: The Testimony of Claiborne Boyd" is a Cthulhu Mythos short story by August Derleth, part of his Trail of Cthulhu series. | Everyone has a crazy uncle in the family, but what if your crazy uncle turns out to be an Indiana Jones who sends you a map on where to confront evil beings from another dimension? What then?
Ignorance is bliss, knowledge brings no happiness or safety when you are confronted with the reality of great evil.
"The Watcher from the Sky" is a novelette written by August Derleth and is part of the Cthulhu Mythos series. It was first published in the July 1945 issue of Weird Tales and later included in the 1962 collection "The Trail of Cthulhu". The story follows Abel Keane, a divinity student in Boston, Massachusetts, who has some experience as a stage hypnotist and has taught himself psychic abilities, including telepathy. One night, Keane returns to his apartment and encounters a mysterious entity. 
You would think that working for an eccentric professor poses only one threat... boredom. Unless he can travel between dimensions and wants you to come along.
"The House on Curwen Street" is a short story by August Derleth, which is the first in his series "The Trail of Cthulhu." It was initially published in the March 1944 edition of Weird Tales under the title "The Trail of Cthulhu" and later reprinted by Arkham House in the collection "The Trail of Cthulhu" in 1962. The story introduces elements of the Cthulhu Mythos, including the Deep Ones and the byakhee, which are creatures that can transport individuals to other times or places through inter-dimensional travel. In the narrative, characters such as Laban Shrewsbury, Andrew Phelan, and Timoto Fernandez are involved. 
What if the missing link is not a primate, but something much slimier?
"The Seal of R'lyeh" is a short story by August Derleth, first published in 1957 under the title "The Seal of the Damned" in the July 1957 issue of Fantastic Universe Science Fiction.2 It was later included in the 1962 collection "The Mask of Cthulhu". The story is part of the Cthulhu Mythos and involves themes of good versus evil. In "The Seal of R'lyeh," Derleth suggests that R'lyeh, the sunken city where Cthulhu is imprisoned, might be an enormous ring-shaped sunken continent that extends from the South Pacific all the way to the Atlantic coast of Massachusetts. 
A shunned house, the abode of a murderer, even the skeptical can become victims of evil when they dismiss everything as superstition. Once more the epic struggle between the Elder Gods and the Ancient Ones was having repercussions on one of earth's seemingly most peaceful valleys.
Selling your soul is easy enough, it's when the time comes to honor your end of the deal that things get dicey.
"The Sandwin Compact" is a novelette written by August Derleth, first published in Weird Tales in November 1940. The story is narrated by Dave, who spends summers at his uncle Asa's house. Uncle Asa exhibits unusual behavior, such as responding oddly to the call of a sea-bird, which Eldon reveals was not a bird at all but something else communicating with Asa. Dave experiences strange dreams and finds the house smelling of fish and with phantom footsteps and vocal sounds. Upon investigating, they find Uncle Asa arguing with something that croaks in an unknown language and the room dripping and wet, leading to Uncle Asa's confession that the Sandwin family has been selling off its oldest sons to Cthulhuoid hordes for generations to maintain their wealth. 
Evil beings from a distant dimension use the most unusual items to punch a hole into our reality.
"Something in Wood" is a short story by August Derleth that was first published in the March 1948 issue of Weird Tales. The story revolves around Jason Wecter, an art critic and collector of weird and macabre artwork, who wishes to obtain a wooden bas-relief that would complement his collection. His friend Pinckney finds a dark and heavy wooden sculpture of an octopoid creature in a second-hand shop in Portland, Maine, and purchases it as a gift for Wecter. The inscription on the base of the sculpture is in an unidentified language and reads: "Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn". 
Spooky neighbors, weird-acting birds in a remote setting, sounds like a horror story to me.
The story The Whippoorwills in the Hills by August Derleth is a horror short story first published in the September 1948 issue of Weird Tales. It is set in the Cthulhu Mythos and draws elements from several H. P. Lovecraft stories. The story follows Dan Harrop, who takes possession of a country house in the vicinity of Arkham and Aylesbury, which used to belong to his cousin, Abel Harrop, who disappeared a few weeks before. The story is set in a rural New England where people speak an archaic diction. 
Some knowledge is forbidden and with good reason, and for some the very fact it's forbidden is a lure that cannot be denied.
The Mask of Cthulhu is a collection of short stories by August Derleth, first published in 1958. It is part of the Cthulhu Mythos and expands on the themes and characters introduced by H.P. Lovecraft. 
"Something from Out There" is a short Cthulhu Mythos story by August Derleth. The story involves rural English doctor William Currie, who investigates a man named Malvern who is in a state of madness, clutching a star-shaped stone acquired at a ruined priory.
Passing of Eric Holm is a short story by August Derleth, published in the December 1939 issue of Strange Stories under the pseudonym "Will Garth". The story is part of the Cthulhu Mythos and involves an inquest to determine the circumstances of Eric Holm's death. Holm was last seen alive on April 3, 1939, returning home with a newly-bought book titled "Confessions of the Mad Monk Clithanus".
Ithaqua, also known as the Wind-Walker or the Wendigo, is an entity in the Cthulhu Mythos, and one of the Great Old Ones. He is believed to prowl the Arctic waste, hunting down unwary travelers and slaying them in a gruesome fashion. Ithaqua's cult is small, but he is greatly feared in the far north, where human denizens often leave sacrifices for the elemental; not as worship but as appeasement.
This story introduces the Great Old One Ithaqua, a creature that is part of the Cthulhu universe created by H.P. Lovecraft. Authored by August Derleth it was first published in January 1933 in Strange Tales of Mystery and Terror. The story is set in Manitoba, Canada, where the entire population of the town of Stillwater mysteriously disappears overnight. The Royal Northwest Mounted Police are unable to find any of the townspeople and uncover the sinister implications of a town that had worshiped an "elemental," a spirit of one of the forces of nature.
The story revolves around two friends investigating the strange behavior of Professor Josiah Alwyn, the grandfather of one of the two men, and it features a threshold that must not be crossed, leading to ominous consequences if breached.
Beyond the Threshold is a Cthulhu Mythos story written by August Derleth, first published in the September 1941 issue of Weird Tales. The story follows a Miskatonic librarian who is summoned by a cousin to a house in Wisconsin, where their grandfather has become obsessed with the papers of his uncle. The uncle had trafficked with the Great Old Ones and left a warning to "not pass beyond the threshold, for fear of dire consequences." The grandfather discovers a rocky opening leading into the depths of the earth and crosses that threshold, only to be taken away by a Great Old One. The story is set in a "lonely house deep in the forest places of northern Wisconsin". 
It is a place with a fearsome reputation, a lake surrounded by dark woods, where people never return from.
"The Dweller in Darkness" is a Cthulhu Mythos story written by August Derleth that first appeared in the November 1944 issue of Weird Tales. The story concerns mysterious Mythos-linked goings-on at Rick's Lake, a remote body of water in north-central Wisconsin. The creature turns out to be Nyarlathotep, described as well as "the Blind, Faceless One" and "the Howler in the Night". The story introduces Cthugha, an elemental force that is used to defeat Nyarlathotep. It also provides an iconic image of Nyarlathotep as a vast, amorphous creature with tentacle-like appendages and hands, which has had a significant impact on the popular image of the entity. In addition to introducing Cthugha and creating an iconic image of Nyarlathotep, "The Dweller in Darkness" provided the name for the Marvel Comics villain Dweller-in-Darkness, an extradimensional entity that preys on human fear. 
"The Lonesome Place" is a short story by American writer August Derleth. The story revolves around two young boys, Steve and Johnny Newell, who are terrified by a mysterious creature they believe lives in an abandoned grain elevator in their small town which they've named "the lonesome place".
This place is described as an old grain elevator surrounded by tall trees and many piles of wood from the lumber yard that surrounds it. 
A hostile town peopled by what seems strains of inbreeding among the populace, all of them guarding a secret that has plagued them for many years. The story was made into a film in 1967.
The Shuttered Room is a short story written by August Derleth, presented as a "posthumous collaboration" with H. P. Lovecraft. The story tells of Abner Whateley, a member of the Dunwich Whateleys, who returns to his family's home in Massachusetts after his grandfather's death. He discovers a shuttered room where his Aunt Sarah was kept locked up following her visit with relatives in Innsmouth. The story is part of the Cthulhu Mythos and is considered one of Derleth's works based on Lovecraft's ideas. 
Reneging on a deal with a warlock is never a good idea, even if he's dead. Written by Simon West AKA August Derleth and published in 1943. A crooked lawyer sees himself being constantly shadowed by his deceased client's shady man servant as he decides to unlawfully appropriate his client's money.
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