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| Author | H. P. Lovecraft |
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| Cover artist | Howard V. Brown |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Horror, science fiction |
Publication date | June 1936 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (Magazine) |
| Text | The Shadow Out of Time at Wikisource |
| Published in Astounding Stories | |
The Shadow Out of Time is a novella by American horror fiction writer H. P. Lovecraft. Written between November 1934 and February 1935, it was first published in the June 1936 issue of Astounding Stories. The story describes time and space travel by mind transfer, where a person in a given place and time can switch bodies with someone who is elsewhere or elsewhen. As with other Lovecraftian works, this story features otherworldly alien beings that are not simply variations on humans or other familiar terrestrial animals.