Dreams and Fancies

Dreams and Fancies is a collection of letters and fantasy, horror and science fiction short stories by American author H. P. Lovecraft. It was released in 1962 by Arkham House in an edition of 2,030 copies and was the sixth collection of Lovecraft's work to be released by Arkham House.

Dreams and Fancies
Dust-jacket illustration by Richard Taylor for Dreams and Fancies
AuthorH. P. Lovecraft
Cover artistRichard Taylor
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
GenreFantasy, Horror, Science fiction short stories, letters
PublisherArkham House
Publication date
1962
Media typePrint (hardback)
Pagesx, 174 pp

The concept of the collection was to present letters by Lovecraft recounting dreams, and the stories which may have derived from those dreams. It also includes fragments of letters from Lovecraft to various correspondence in which his dreams are discussed.

Contents

Dreams and Fancies contains the following tales:

  1. "Introduction", by August Derleth
  2. "Dreams and Fancies" (letters to: Rheinhart Kleiner, Maurice W. Moe, Alfred Galpin, Bernard Austin Dwyer, Donald Wandrei, Clark Ashton Smith, Duane W. Rimel, R.H. Barlow, William Lumley, Willis Connover, Jr. and Virgil Finlay)
  3. "Memory"
  4. "The Statement of Randolph Carter"
  5. "Celephais"
  6. "The Doom That Came to Sarnath"
  7. "Nyarlathotep"
  8. "The Evil Clergyman"
  9. "The Thing in the Moonlight"
  10. "The Shadow Out of Time"

References
  • Jaffery, Sheldon (1989). The Arkham House Companion. Mercer Island, WA: Starmont House, Inc. p. 61. ISBN 1-55742-005-X.
  • Chalker, Jack L.; Mark Owings (1998). The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History, 1923-1998. Westminster, MD and Baltimore: Mirage Press, Ltd. p. 38.
  • Joshi, S.T. (1999). Sixty Years of Arkham House: A History and Bibliography. Sauk City, WI: Arkham House. pp. 75–76. ISBN 0-87054-176-5.
  • Nielsen, Leon (2004). Arkham House Books: A Collector's Guide. Jefferson, NC and London: McFarland & Company, Inc. p. 84. ISBN 0-7864-1785-4.
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