The Horror from the Hills
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The Horror from the Hills is a horror novel by author Frank Belknap Long
. It was published by Arkham House
in 1963
in an edition of 1,997 copies. The novel is part of the Cthulhu Mythos
.
The novel was originally serialized in Weird Tales
magazine. It appeared in the January and February-March, 1931 issues. Long also incorporated a dream of H. P. Lovecraft
into the novel, using Lovecraft's description nearly verbatim and with his permission.
Frank Belknap Long
Frank Belknap Long was a prolific American writer of horror fiction, fantasy, science fiction, poetry, gothic romance, comic books, and non-fiction. Though his writing career spanned seven decades, he is best known for his horror and science fiction short stories, including early contributions to...
. It was published by Arkham House
Arkham House
Arkham House is a publishing house specializing in weird fiction founded in Sauk City, Wisconsin in 1939 by August Derleth and Donald Wandrei to preserve in hardcover the best fiction of H.P. Lovecraft. The company's name is derived from Lovecraft's fictional New England city, Arkham. Arkham House...
in 1963
1963 in literature
The year 1963 in literature involved some significant events and new books.-Events:*First United States printing of John Cleland's 1749 novel, Fanny Hill . The book is banned for obscenity, triggering a court case by its publisher.*Leslie Charteris publishes his final collection of stories...
in an edition of 1,997 copies. The novel is part of the Cthulhu Mythos
Cthulhu Mythos
The Cthulhu Mythos is a shared fictional universe, based on the work of American horror writer H. P. Lovecraft.The term was first coined by August Derleth, a contemporary correspondent of Lovecraft, who used the name of the creature Cthulhu - a central figure in Lovecraft literature and the focus...
.
The novel was originally serialized in Weird Tales
Weird Tales
Weird Tales is an American fantasy and horror fiction pulp magazine first published in March 1923. It ceased its original run in September 1954, after 279 issues, but has since been revived. The magazine was set up in Chicago by J. C. Henneberger, an ex-journalist with a taste for the macabre....
magazine. It appeared in the January and February-March, 1931 issues. Long also incorporated a dream of H. P. Lovecraft
H. P. Lovecraft
Howard Phillips Lovecraft --often credited as H.P. Lovecraft — was an American author of horror, fantasy and science fiction, especially the subgenre known as weird fiction....
into the novel, using Lovecraft's description nearly verbatim and with his permission.
Plot summary
The novel concerns a malevolent entity that inhabits and animates a stone idol and causes it to drink blood.Reprints
- New York: Belmont, 1964 (with two unrelated stories added as Odd SF).
- London: Brown-Watson, 1965 (with the same two stories added, but not retitled).