The Outsider

Written by H. P. Lovecraft

Narrated by Josh Greenwood

Immerse yourself in the enigma of an age-old castle, where a solitary inhabitant, long-forgotten by time, endeavors to unravel the truth of his existence. His sole companion is the faint memory of an elderly guardian, long vanished into the shadows of the past. Enveloped in darkness devoid of any light, our protagonist is seized by an irresistible desire to comprehend the world beyond his fortress's stone walls. He decides to ascend the highest, stair-less tower of his castle, blissfully unaware of how drastically this decision will reshape his reality. The revelation waiting at the summit promises to not only shock him but jolt every reader, shaking their understanding of reality to its core. Brace yourself for an unforgettable journey.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Gates of Imagination
• Release date: Nov 17, 2023
• ISBN: 9798823492997

H. P. Lovecraft

H. P. Lovecraft (1890-1937) was an American author of science fiction and horror stories. Born in Providence, Rhode Island to a wealthy family, he suffered the loss of his father at a young age. Raised with his mother’s family, he was doted upon throughout his youth and found a paternal figure in his grandfather Whipple, who encouraged his literary interests. He began writing stories and poems inspired by the classics and by Whipple’s spirited retellings of Gothic tales of terror. In 1902, he began publishing a periodical on astronomy, a source of intellectual fascination for the young Lovecraft. Over the next several years, he would suffer from a series of illnesses that made it nearly impossible to attend school. Exacerbated by the decline of his family’s financial stability, this decade would prove formative to Lovecraft’s worldview and writing style, both of which depict humanity as cosmologically insignificant. Supported by his mother Susie in his attempts to study organic chemistry, Lovecraft eventually devoted himself to writing poems and stories for such pulp and weird-fiction magazines as Argosy, where he gained a cult following of readers. Early stories of note include “The Alchemist” (1916), “The Tomb” (1917), and “Beyond the Wall of Sleep” (1919). “The Call of Cthulu,” originally published in pulp magazine Weird Tales in 1928, is considered by many scholars and fellow writers to be his finest, most complex work of fiction. Inspired by the works of Edgar Allan Poe, Arthur Machen, Algernon Blackwood, and Lord Dunsany, Lovecraft became one of the century’s leading horror writers whose influence remains essential to the genre.