The Dunwich Horror

"The Dunwich Horror"
Short story by H. P. Lovecraft
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CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Genre(s)Horror
Publication
Published inWeird Tales
Publication typePeriodical
Media typePrint (magazine)
Publication dateApril, 1929

"The Dunwich Horror" is a horror novella by American writer H. P. Lovecraft. Written in 1928, it was first published in the April 1929 issue of Weird Tales (pp. 481–508). It takes place in Dunwich, a fictional town in Massachusetts. It is considered one of the core stories of the Cthulhu Mythos.