Favourite Lovecraft Tale
 

Working my way through a Lovecraft collection and it's confirmed what I suspected for a long time - he is my favourite horror author. Weird fiction just does it for me - the combination of horrifying occult lore and sci-fi, all smushed together to make us feel terrifyingly insignificant.

BUT, I ask you, what are your favourite Lovecraft stories? Though I'll always have a soft spot for Call of Cthulhu, I think The Dunwich Horror clinches it for me.

Herbert West-Reanimator may seem a little spot on for a horror forum, but It's among my favorite Lovecraft works, as is At the Mountains of Madness, with the latter tale's setting being a highlight. I also share your love for Call of Cuthulu. That sucker was the first story by Ol' H.P. that I ever read. You never forget your first.

"Rats in The Walls"...great little story. Wife is a huge fan and has a lot of his work. Like him a lot myself, but like Stephen King, he can be incredibly long winded, but I forgive HP because he really didn't make any money where Steve has it to burn.
We visited his grave in Swan point Cemetary-Providence Rhode Island- this past September and after helpful Custodians took us right to it, we had some quiet reflection.

The Case Of Charles Dexter Ward
Mountains Of Madness
The Shunned House

Cthulhu for me.

I like Cthulhu too.

As evident by my username 'The Call of Cthulhu.' But I also love 'At the Mountains of Madness.' When it comes to shorter stories I'd go with 'The Silver Key'