August Derleth

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A journey in time... or a journey into our psyche? This collection of six short stories spanning from the 1890's to to 1950's shows just how various authors have used the vehicle of time travel as a mirror to ourselves. Running away to the past, escaping from the present, avoiding a future, even a print shop manager using time travel to speed up letterpress type setting Each story a sign of its own time, yet many common threads are revealed in this span of sixty years of science fiction stories. Includes "A Traveler in Time" by August Derleth; "Nine Men in Time" by Noel Loomis; "The Thief of Time" by Capt. S. P. Meek; "The Man from 2071" by Sewell Peaslee Wright; "The Man from Time" by Frank Belknap Long; and the seminal "The Time Machine" by H.G. Wells.

En la noche de los tiempos o La sombra fuera del Espacio (The Shadow out of Time en ingl s) es un relato corto de horror c smico y ciencia fant stica escrito por H. P. Lovecraft entre finales de 1934 y principios de 1935, y publicado por primera vez en la revista literaria Astounding Stories en junio de 1936, el a o anterior a la muerte del escritor.Es considerado uno de los ocho relatos fundamentales dentro de los llamados Mitos de Cthulhu. En l se mezcla parad jicamente el deseo y el terror, y ejemplifica perfectamente la tesis de Sigmund Freud respecto a que lo siniestro es aquello que alguna vez fue conocido y ahora yace reprimido.El relato narra en primera persona la historia de Nathaniel Wingate Peaslee, un profesor de Econom a de la Universidad de Miskatonic que entre 1908 y 1913 sufre una inexplicable amnesia y trastorno de la personalidad cuyo trasfondo tratar de descubrir a pesar de las cosas terribles que pueda averiguar. Las personas m s allegadas a l le abandonan debido al extra o comportamiento que desarroll durante los cinco a os de amnesia, excepto su hijo, Wingate Peaslee, a quien m s tarde confiar a trav s de una carta todos los detalles de la historia que va desenterrando acerca de lo sucedido. Luego de haberse recuperado, extra os sue os lo acosan noche tras noche y que cada vez le atormentan m s.Los sue os se vuelven cada vez m s n tidos y aterradores y descubre la raz n de sus gritos al despertar: la existencia en el pasado de una raza de extra os alien genas, la Gran Raza, que desaparecieron de la Tierra debido a la venganza de un raza antigua que los Yith hab an encerrado bajo la superficie de su avanzada civilizaci n. Algunos miembros de la Gran Raza ten an la capacidad de mover su mente por el tiempo y el espacio. Consiguieron de esta forma recopilar el conocimiento de cuantas civilizaciones hab an existido y existir an en el universo conocido, incluida la humana. De igual forma, el viaje astral les permitir a vivir eternamente en cualquier lugar del Universo.

"I've done it," McIlvaine said quietly. "What's that?" asked Alexander testily. "I discovered a new star. It lies just off Arcturus," McIlvaine went on, "and it would appear to be coming closer." "Give it my love," said Richardson with a wry smile. "Have you named it yet? Or don't the discoverers of new stars name them any more? McIlvaine's Star -- that's a good name for it. Hard a port of Arcturus, with special displays on windy nights." What Thaddeus McIlvaine and Alexander Richardson didn't realize was that they were characters in a horror story. A story written by August Derleth, the man who founded Arkham House. None of these folks knew it yet, but they're all DOOMED Doomed Mwahahahaha

Venture at your own risk into a realm where the sun sinks into oblivion-and all that is unholy, unearthly, and unspeakable rises. These rare, hard-to-find collaborations of cosmic terror are back in print, including - Wentworth's Day A fellow figures his debt to a dead man is null and void, until he discovers just how terrifying interest rates can be. - The Shuttered Room A sophisticated gentleman must settle his grandfather's estate, only to find that the house shelters dark secrets. - The Dark Brotherhood A beautiful woman and her companion meet the likes of Edgar Allan Poe, in a tale as terrifying as anything Poe himself ever created. - Innsmouth Clay A sculptor returns from Paris to create a statue not entirely of this world-and not at all under his control. - Witches' Hollow A new schoolteacher puts his soul in peril while trying to save one of his students from a ravenous creature.