Included in this volume are several early tales, along with the classics The Call of Cthulhu, The Dunwich Horror and At the Mountains of Madness.
Wilmarth reveals the discovery that drove him out was a disembodied face and hands. The Whisperer in Darkness brings together the original Cthulhu Mythos stories of the legendary horror writer H.P. Akeley has disappeared, along with all the physical evidence of the extraterrestrial presence. When the authorities investigate the next day, they find nothing but a bullet-riddled house. When he investigates, he makes a horrifying discovery and escapes the farmhouse by stealing Akeley's car. During the night, a sleepless Wilmarth overhears a disturbing conversation with several voices, and a departing. During this conversation, Wilmarth feels a vague sense of unease, especially from Akeley's odd manner of buzzing whispering. Akeley says he has agreed to undertake such a journey and points to a cylinder bearing his name. He also says that the beings can surgically extract a human brain and place it into a canister wherein it can live indefinitely and withstand the rigors of outer space travel and shows proof to Wilmarth. Akeley tells Wilmarth about the extraterrestrial race and the wonders they have revealed to him. Wilmarth arrives to find Akeley in a pitiful physical condition, immobilized in a chair in darkness. He urges Wilmarth to pay him a visit and to bring along the letters and photographic evidence that he had sent him. Furthermore, they have taught him of marvels beyond all imagination. He writes that he has met with the extraterrestrial beings and has learned that they are peaceful. Although Akeley expresses more in his letters, he abruptly has a change of heart. Akeley and the agents exchange gunfire and many of Akeley's guard dogs are killed. The agents intercept Akeley's messages and harass his farmhouse nightly. The two exchange letters, including a record of the extraterrestrial race chanting with human agents, who worship several beings, including Cthulhu and Nyarlathotep, the latter of whom "shall put on the semblance of men, the waxen mask and the robe that hides".
He affirms that he has proof that will convince Wilmarth that he must stop focusing on the race's existence. He receives a letter from one Henry Wentworth Akeley, a man who lives in an isolated farmhouse near Townshend, Vermont. When local newspapers report strange things seen floating in rivers during a historic Vermont flood, Wilmarth becomes embroiled in a controversy about the reality and significance of the sightings, though he sides with the skeptics, blaming old legends about monsters living in uninhabited hills who abduct people who venture too close to their territory. Wilmarth, an instructor of literature at Miskatonic University in Arkham. is publishing this classic work now as part of our Fantasy and Horror Classics imprint in a new edition with a dedication by George Henry Weiss."The Whisperer in Darkness" is a story by H. Other notable works by this author include: The Call of Cthulhu, The Rats in the Walls, and The Shadow Over Innsmouth. Though his works remained largely unknown and did not furnish him with a decent living, Lovecraft is today considered to be among the most significant writers of supernatural horror fiction of the twentieth century. Howard Phillips Lovecraft (1890-1937) was an American writer of supernatural horror fiction. A chilling example of horror fiction by master of the genre not to be missed by those who have read and enjoyed others in Lovecraft’s Cthulhu series. Lovecraft and part of his famous Cthulhu Mythos. The Whisperer in Darkness is a 1931 novella by H. Sceptical, he embarks on an investigation of his own that pushes the boundaries of credulity, leading him to a horrific cult of ancient power and a race of extra-terrestrial beings with malign intentions.
Wilmarth becomes involved in the controversial argument as to their authenticity. When strange, monstrous carcasses are observed floating in the river following a historic flood in Vermont, instructor of literature Albert N.