Project Gutenberg 2023-04-07 Public domain in the USA. 309 Lovecraft, H. P. (Howard Phillips) 1890 1937 Lovecraft, Howard Phillips Littlewit, Humphrey Lovecraft, H.P. Rankin, Hugh 1878 1956 Copp, Hugh Doak Doak DOAK The lurking fear $aUnited States :$bPopular Fiction Publishing Company, $c1928. Wikipedia page on this work: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lurking_Fear Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Lurking Fear" by H. P. Lovecraft is a short story that falls within the horror genre and was written in the early 20th century. The narrative explores themes of fear, the supernatural, and the grotesque through the lens of a first-person protagonist who embarks on a harrowing quest to uncover the truth behind the terrifying legends surrounding Tempest Mountain and the haunted Martense mansion. Set against a backdrop of eerie landscapes and unsettling thunderstorms, the story encapsulates the essence of Lovecraftian horror, where the unknown evokes primal fears. In the story, the unnamed narrator, driven by a mix of curiosity and dread, ventures into the decrepit Martense mansion with two companions, believing it to be the source of a recent wave of horrific events in the area. After a terrifying encounter with a shadowy creature that leaves his friends missing, he becomes obsessed with uncovering the secrets of the Martense family, whose dark past is rife with violence and abnormality. Partnering with a journalist named Arthur Munroe, they investigate the mansion's history and the terrifying manifestations of a lurking fear that seems to correlate with thunderstorms. The climax reveals a grotesque swarm of deformed creatures emerging from underground tunnels, leading to a chilling revelation about the true nature of the Martense legacy and the horror that resides in the dark depths beneath the mountain. As the narrator grapples with his horrifying experiences and the nature of fear itself, he is left haunted and disturbed by the implications of his findings. (This is an automatically generated summary.) 20230303041036lovecraft 1928 US Reading ease score: 62.6 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Short stories Horror tales Catskill Mountains Region (N.Y.) -- Fiction PS Text Category: Short Stories Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: Crime, Thrillers and Mystery Category: American Literature 76281 2025-06-28T04:40:49.812862 text/html 75444 2023-04-12T08:30:26 text/html 383858 2025-06-28T04:40:52.878848 application/epub+zip 383477 2025-06-28T04:40:51.075828 application/epub+zip 218094 2025-06-28T04:40:50.286858 application/epub+zip 940163 2025-06-28T04:40:54.273811 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 932408 2025-06-28T04:40:52.367845 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 69396 2025-06-28T04:40:49.651869 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 69149 2023-04-12T08:30:38 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 20715 2025-06-28T04:40:54.410835 application/rdf+xml 27962 2025-06-28T04:40:50.636835 image/jpeg 4567 2025-06-28T04:40:50.458853 image/jpeg 27679 2023-04-12T08:32:04 application/octet-stream application/zip 1669208 2023-04-12T08:32:12 application/octet-stream application/zip 3338684 2023-04-12T08:33:24 application/octet-stream application/zip 1686272 2025-06-28T04:40:49.835882 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia