The Horror at Red Hook (Fantasy and Horror Classics)

With a Dedication by George Henry Weiss

H. P. Lovecraft, George Henry Weiss

• Publisher: Fantasy and Horror Classics
• Year: 2016
• Print ISBN: 9781447468332
• eBook ISBN: 9781473369122
• Subtopic: Crime & Mystery Literature

Under the squalor of the docks, ancient evils are preparing for a ceremony of blood.

Thomas F. Malone, an Irish-American detective obsessed with the occult, finds himself assigned to the notorious Red Hook neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York. This district is a bewildering labyrinth of decaying tenements, waterfront smuggling, and a vast, dense population of immigrants whose secret, dark traditions baffle and frighten the police.

Malone begins investigating the rise of strange cult activity--bizarre symbols, unsettling rites, and the terrifying disappearance of local children. The trail leads him to a strange, old man named Robert Suydam, a reclusive millionaire who has suddenly embraced a secret, wicked marriage to a young, foreign woman and is funding the neighborhood's escalating descent into chaos.

As the detective delves into Suydam's mansion and the hidden catacombs beneath Red Hook, he uncovers the devastating truth: the area is a nexus point for an ancient, global conspiracy. Suydam and the neighborhood's criminal element are not just running a smuggling ring; they are preparing a massive, coordinated occult ceremony designed to summon unspeakable, colossal entities from beyond our world.

The Horror at Red Hook is a tense, paranoid story that fuses traditional detective fiction with Lovecraft's signature cosmic horror. It is a chilling exploration of urban decay, cultural fear, and the profound dread that the modern city harbors secrets and evils far older and more powerful than any police force can comprehend.

The darkness of the alleyways is merely a cloak for the darkness of the cosmos.

THE
HORROR
AT RED HOOK

Fantasy & Horror Classics

By

H. P. LOVECRAFT

WITH A
DEDICATION BY
GEORGE HENRY WEISS

First published in 1927

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To
Howard Phillips Lovecraft

Essayist, Poet &
Master-writer of the Weird
1890-1937

He lived—and now is dead beyond all knowing
Of life and death: the vast and formless scheme
Behind the face of nature ever showing
Has swallowed up the dreamer and the dream.
But brief the hour he had upon the stream
Of timeless time from past to future flowing
To lift his sail and catch the luminous gleam
Of stars that marked his coming and his going
Before he vanished: yet the brilliant wake
His passing left is vivid on the tide
And for the countless centuries will abide:
The genius that no death can ever take
Crowns him immortal, though a man has died.

Francis Flagg
(George Henry Weiss)

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H. P. Lovecraft

Howard Phillips Lovecraft was born in 1890 in Rhode Island, USA. Although a sickly boy, Lovecraft began writing at a very young age, quickly developing a deep and abiding interest in science. At just sixteen he was writing a monthly astronomy column for his local newspaper. However, in 1908, Lovecraft suffered a nervous breakdown and failed to get into university, sparking a period of five years in which he all but vanished.

In 1913, Lovecraft was invited to join the UAPA (United Amateur Press Association)—a development which re-invigorated his writing. In 1917, he began to focus on fiction, producing such well-known early stories as Dagon and A Reminiscence of Dr...

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