H. P. Lovecraft

H. P. Lovecraft was a reclusive scribbler of horror stories for the American pulp magazines that specialized in Gothic and science fiction in the interwar years. He often published in Weird Tales and has since become the key figure in the slippery genre of "weird fiction." Lovecraft developed an extraordinary vision of feeble men driven to the edge of sanity by glimpses of malign geings that have survived from human prehistory or by malevolent extra-terrestrial...

A carnival owner and his wife follow a mysterious man on a quest for a strange beast that may be an asset to their show.

"The end is near! Massachusetts. 1926. Too long has the city of Arkham lived on its placid island of ignorance in the midst of the black seas of infinity. Only a small handful of unlucky investigators dare plunge into that abyss to struggle against the ancient evils that threaten reality from every corner of this New England town."--Container "Arkham Horror is a cooperative game of mystery and terror for up to six players. Inspired by the writings...