The New Annotated H.P. Lovecraft

20世紀恐怖小説作家代表洛夫克拉夫成就堪與愛倫坡並列，受到史蒂芬金高度推崇。重量級文學編輯克林格結合學術研究與創見，整編洛氏作品，賦予經典新生命。

With the much-anticipated follow-up to his “Olympian landmark of modern gothic literature” (Harlan Ellison), Leslie Klinger completes his tour-de-force annotation of H.P. Lovecraft’s canon of weird fiction.

In 2014, The New Annotated H.P. Lovecraft was published and devoured by the Lovecraft community and general readers alike. The landmark volume included twenty-two stories but there are many others worthy of attention, including Lovecraft’s favourites.

In this follow-up, twenty-five more Lovecraft stories are re-presented as well as a number of never-before-seen revisions and collaborations with other authors. Included are “Rats in the Wall”, a post–First World War story about the terrors of the past and the newly contextualised “The Horror at Red Hook”, which has been adapted recently by Victor LaValle. The stories magnify the creative ideas and writing processes of the literary genius. Best-selling author and editor Klinger reanimates Lovecraft with clarity and historical insight, offering a revelatory volume in which the author’s story-writing method is uncovered, his vivid dreams are recorded and first drafts of stories are seen in immaturity. In addition to his ground-breaking writing, we glimpse a personal side of Lovecraft: his favourite stories are highlighted and his vulnerability as a young writer is obvious.

With hundreds of annotations and dozens of rare images, Beyond Arkham provides the complete picture of Lovecraft’s achievements in fiction. No lover of Gothic literature will want to be without this literary keepsake.