The Dunwich Horror
| "The Dunwich Horror" | |
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| Short story by H. P. Lovecraft | |
First page of the manuscript | |
| Text available at Wikisource | |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Cosmic horror |
| Publication | |
| Published in | Weird Tales |
| Publication type | Periodical |
| Media type | Print (magazine) |
| Publication date | April 1929 |
"The Dunwich Horror" is a cosmic horror short story by American writer H. P. Lovecraft. Written in 1928, it was first published in the April 1929 issue of Weird Tales (pp. 481–508). It takes place in Dunwich, a fictional town in Massachusetts. It is considered one of the core stories of the Cthulhu Mythos.