| "The Mound" | |
|---|---|
| Short story by H. P. Lovecraft (ghostwriter) and Zealia Bishop (original idea) | |
 Text available at Wikisource | |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Science fiction/Horror |
| Publication | |
| Published in | Weird Tales (Volume 35, Number 6, pages 98-120) |
| Publication type | Magazine |
| Publication date | November 1940 |
The Mound is a horror/science fiction novella by American author H. P. Lovecraft, written by him as a ghostwriter from December 1929 to January 1930 after he was hired by Zealia Bishop to create a story about a Native American mound which is haunted by a headless ghost. Lovecraft expanded the story into a tale about a mound that conceals a gateway to a subterranean civilization, the realm of K'n-yan. The story was not published during Lovecraft's lifetime. A heavily abridged version was published in the November 1940 issue of Weird Tales, and the full text was finally published in 1989.