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The Ghostwritings, Vol. 2 – Wilfred Talman, William Lumley and Robert H. Barlow
H.P. Lovecraft was a “revisionist” i.e. editor and ghostwriter for several other writers during his lifetime. This volume of his ghostwriting centers on his work done for Wilfred Talman, William Lumley, and the man who would become his literary executor, Robert H. Barlow.

The Ghostwritings, Vol. 1 – Hazel Heald

H.P. Lovecraft was a “revisionist” i.e. editor and ghostwriter for several other writers during his lifetime. This volume of his ghostwriting centers on his work done for Hazel Heald.

The Heads of Cerberus – A vial of the Dust of Purgatory transports several people to the gateway dimension of Ulithia. From there they journey to the hell of Philadelphia in 2118.

The Diabolical Doctor Satan – Doctor Satan, an enormously wealthy man, tired of all the thrills that money can buy, turned to crime and became a cold-blooded monster. He employs both scientific and occult knowledge to commit fiendish and sinister acts of evil, and spectacularly gruesome murders. Ascott Keane, strangest of detectives, with an equal knowledge of science and the occult, battles against him to save society.

The Brain Thief – From countering the insidious effects of forced hypnotism to mitigating the consequences of robbing a lamasery, Jules de Grandin must step into the fray with the powers of the occult.

Pobby and Other Stories – From the Salem Witch Trials to a drowned man’s revenge and a man-eating plant, Jane Rice finds a macabre humor in some horrific stories.

The King In Yellow alludes to a fictional drama that drives men mad. The play describes a Yellow King that exists beyond the bounds of space and time and that malevolently toys with and destroys human lives.

Lost and broken souls come to Dr. Ivan Brodsky and he does what he must to repair them. Many souls haunt the living, attempting to return to the land of the living. Some souls are confused, some are angry, some refuse to go back to the eternal plain. Dr. Ivan Brodsky helps such souls to their destinies.

The Dream Quest of Randolph Carter by H.P. Lovecraft – These five stories take Carter backwards and forwards through time, across outer space, and across a number of dimensions.

Wolves of Darkness – Two novelettes of horror – horror from other men, horror from the world around, and even horror imposed from other dimensions of the universe.

Real Ghost Stories –  The Supernatural Experiences of Mr. Flaxman Low.
Flaxman Low is credited with being the first psychic detective of fiction. These twelve stories of his encounters with the abnormal, the occult, and the supernatural, were first published in Pearson’s Magazine in 1898 and 1899.

Beyond the Veil of Time is famous for being a plagiarization of A. Merritt’s “The Face in the Abyss.” The author, B.H. Barney, is not known to have written anything else.