Supernatural Horror in Literature

The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown.

A hypertext edition of H. P. Lovecraft's (HPL) essay Supernatural Horror in Literature (SHiL), 1927, revised 1934.

Each author and each work mentioned is linked to a page giving dates and other details, and links to further information, including where possible the text of the work. You can see a list of all authors or all works from the top menu bar.

The intention of the site is to provide dates for all authors and works, and web page links for each, but this is a work in progress. There is no intention to list works or authors not mentioned by HPL.