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The Taint and Other Novellas

by Brian Lumley · 2007

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A collection of thrilling tales from H. P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos by one of horror's biggest legends. This volume contains the very best of Brian Lumley's Mythos novellas.

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Table of Contents

Introduction

The Horror at Oakdeene

Born of the Winds

The Fairground Horror

The Taint

Rising with Surtsey

Lord of the Worms

The House of the Temple

Genre
horrorcosmic horrorfantasyscience fiction
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 279 pages
Form
short storiesnovella

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