The horror at Red Hook by H. P. Lovecraft

"The Horror at Red Hook" by H. P. Lovecraft is a short story written in August 1925. Detective Thomas Malone investigates the mysterious transformation of reclusive scholar Robert Suydam, who has suddenly become younger and more vibrant while haunting Brooklyn's crime-ridden waterfront slums. As kidnappings increase and Suydam's behavior grows stranger, Malone uncovers a sinister occult conspiracy lurking beneath Red Hook's tenements. His investigation leads him into a nightmare of devil-worship and dark rituals that will leave him forever changed. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Author Lovecraft, H. P. (Howard Phillips), 1890-1937
Title The horror at Red Hook
Original Publication New York: Weird Tales, 1927.
Series Title Produced from Weird Tales, March 1952.
Note Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Horror_at_Red_Hook
Credits Al Haines
Reading Level Reading ease score: 48.3 (College-level). Difficult to read.
Language English
LoC Class PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature
Subject Short stories
Subject Horror tales
Subject Cults -- Fiction
Subject Occultism -- Fiction
Subject Red Hook (New York, N.Y.) -- Fiction
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EBook-No. 72966
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Copyright Status Public domain in the USA.
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