Written in 1924 and published posthumously in 1937, The Shunned House is set in an actual Providence, Rhode Island building that Lovecraft knew. The narrator and his uncle investigate a dwelling with a centuries-long history of inexplicable illness and death, ultimately confronting a monstrous subterranean entity of European origin.
Lovecraft’s meticulous use of real local history makes the horror feel unusually grounded. Download this free public-domain EPUB at Better Gutenberg for one of his finest blends of regional atmosphere and cosmic dread.