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The Terrible Old Man
H. P. Lovecraft · 1921short story
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"The Terrible Old Man" is a short story of fewer than 1200 words by American writer H. P. Lovecraft. It was written on January 28, 1920, and first published in the Tryout, an amateur press publication, in July 1921. It is notable as the first story to make use of Lovecraft's imaginary New England setting, introducing the fictional town of Kingsport. The story, about the fate of three would-be robbers of the titular old man's house, has been criticized by Peter Cannon for being an openly xenophobic polemic against immigration.
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- contained in 100 Ghastly Little Ghost Storiesanthology
- contained in Best Supernatural Stories of H. P. Lovecraftcollection
- contained in Collected Public Domain Works of H. P. Lovecraftcollection
- contained in Complete Collection of H. P. Lovecraftomnibus
- contained in Crawling Chaoscollection
- contained in Dagon and Other Tales of the Macabre Cyclecollection
- contained in Eldritch Tales: A Miscellany of the Macabrecollection
- contained in Haunted America: Star-Spangled Supernatural Storiesanthology
- contained in H.P. Lovecraft: Masters of the Weird Talecollection
- contained in H. P. Lovecraft: The Complete Fictioncollection
- contained in H.P. Lovecraft: The Complete Fiction Omnibus: The Early Years: 1908-1925collection
- contained in H. P. Lovecraft: The Complete Omnibus, Volume I: 1917-1926collection
- contained in Macabre Storiescollection
- contained in Talescollection
- contained in Tales from Lovecraft's Innsmouth and Kingsportcollection
- contained in The Call of Cthulhu and Other Dark Talescollection
- contained in The Colour Out of Space and Otherscollection
- contained in The Complete Weird-Fiction Works of H.P. Lovecraft: In One Volumeomnibus
- contained in The Complete Worksomnibus
- contained in The Dreams in the Witch House and Other Weird Storiescollection
- contained in The Dunwich Horror and Otherscollection
- contained in The Fiction: Complete and Unabridgedomnibus
- contained in The H. P. Lovecraft Collectionomnibus
- contained in The Lurking Fear and Other Storiescollection
- contained in The Outsider and Otherscollection
- contained in The Shadow Out of Time and Other Tales of Horrorcollection
- contained in The Transition of H. P. Lovecraft: The Road to Madnesscollection
- contained in The Weird Writings of H. P. Lovecraft: Vol 2collection
- contained in Waking Up Screaming: Haunting Tales of Terrorcollection
- contained in Weird Talesanthology
- contained in Weird Tales: Best of the Early Years 1926-27anthology
- contained in Writings in the Tryoutcollection