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The Lurking Fear (The Work of H. P. Lovecraft, Episode 33) by H. P. Lovecraft

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The Lurking Fear (The Work of H. P. Lovecraft, Episode 33)

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Narrator
Sam Kusi
Publisher
Lauscher Audiobooks
Publish Date
9 March 2025
Run Time
1 hour
Format
Audiobook
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"The Lurking Fear" is a horror short story by American writer H. P. Lovecraft. Written in November 1922, it was first published in the January through April 1923 issues of Home Brew. In 1921, an unnamed monster-hunter travels to Tempest Mountain, in the Catskills range, after reports of various attacks by a group of unidentified creatures against the local inhabitants reaches the media. A month before, an unusually large, destructive thunderstorm had drifted over the region. Many homes were destroyed, seemingly by the storm, but upon closer inspection, the destruction seemed to be left by an enraged beast. The affected area, originally home to only 75 citizens, was completely destroyed, leaving no survivors.

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Author
H. P. Lovecraft
Narrator
Sam Kusi
Duration
1 hour
Release Date
9 March 2025
ISBN
9783711907219
Format
Audiobook
Publisher
Lauscher Audiobooks
Genre
Horror, ghost stories and supernatural fiction

Synopsis

"The Lurking Fear" is a horror short story by American writer H. P. Lovecraft. Written in November 1922, it was first published in the January through April 1923 issues of Home Brew. In 1921, an unnamed monster-hunter travels to Tempest Mountain, in the Catskills range, after reports of various attacks by a group of unidentified creatures against the local inhabitants reaches the media. A month before, an unusually large, destructive thunderstorm had drifted over the region. Many homes were destroyed, seemingly by the storm, but upon closer inspection, the destruction seemed to be left by an enraged beast. The affected area, originally home to only 75 citizens, was completely destroyed, leaving no survivors.

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