I recently bought the commemorative collection of Lovecraft's stories - the Necromonicon. It is supposed to have all his best weird stories, 36 of them all together. Of those I have read Call of Cthulhu, Shadow over Innsmouth, Dagon, and this poem called Nightgaunts. Shadow over Innsmouth was amazing, better than Call of Cthulhu which had a rather anticlimactic ending to be honest. Dagon was very short, but still very good.
So my question is what stories should I read first? It will take ages to read all 36, so I'd rather get to the good parts first. What are your favourite Lovecraft stories, what would you recommend?
So my question is what stories should I read first? It will take ages to read all 36, so I'd rather get to the good parts first. What are your favourite Lovecraft stories, what would you recommend?