Fiction
| Title | Date written | Date published | Form |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tomb !The Tomb | 1917-06-xx !Jun 1917 | 1922-03-xx !Mar 1922 | Short Story |
| Dagon | 1917-07-xx !Jul 1917 | 1919-11-xx !Nov 1919 | Short Story |
| Reminiscence of Dr. Samuel Johnson !A Reminiscence of Dr. Samuel Johnson | 1917-09-xx !Sum-early Fall 1917 | 1917-09-xx !Sep 1917 | Short Story |
| Polaris | 1918-09-xx !Spr-Sum 1918 | 1920-12-xx !Dec 1920 | Short Story |
| Beyond the Wall of Sleep | 1919-06-xx !Spr 1919 | 1919-10-xx !Oct 1919 | Short Story |
| Memory | 1919-06-xx !Spr 1919 | 1923-05-xx !May 1923 | Flash Fiction |
| Old Bugs | 1919-07-xx !c.Jul 1919 | 1959-xx !1959 | Short Story |
| Transition of Juan Romero !The Transition of Juan Romero | 1919-09-16 !16 Sep 1919 | 1944-xx !1944 | Short Story |
| White Ship !The White Ship | 1919-10-xx !c.Oct 1919 | 1919-11-xx !Nov 1919 | Short Story |
| Doom that Came to Sarnath !The Doom that Came to Sarnath | 1919-12-03 !3 Dec 1919 | 1920-06-xx !Jun 1920 | Short Story |
| Statement of Randolph Carter !The Statement of Randolph Carter | 1919-12-xx !Dec 1919 | 1920-05-xx !May 1920 | Short Story |
| Street !The Street | 1919-xx !late 1919 | 1920-12-xx !Dec 1920 | Short Story |
| Terrible Old Man !The Terrible Old Man | 1920-01-28 !28 Jan 1920 | 1921-07-xx !Jul 1921 | Short Story |
| Cats of Ulthar !The Cats of Ulthar | 1920-06-15 !15 Jun 1920 | 1920-11-xx !Nov 1920 | Short Story |
| Tree !The Tree | 1920-06-xx !Jan-Jun 1920 | 1921-10-xx !Oct 1921 | Short Story |
| Celephaïs | 1920-11-15 !early Nov 1920 | 1922-05-xx !May 1922 | Short Story |
| From Beyond | 1920-11-16 !16 Nov 1920 | 1934-06-xx !Jun 1934 | Short Story |
| Temple !The Temple | 1920-11-xx !c. Jun-Nov 1920 | 1925-09-xx !Sep 1925 | Short Story |
| Nyarlathotep | 1920-11-xx !c.Nov 1920 | 1920-11-xx !Nov 1920 | Short Story |
| Picture in the House !The Picture in the House | 1920-12-12 !12 Dec 1920 | 1921-09-xx !Sum 1921 | Short Story |
| Facts Concerning the Late Arthur Jermyn and His Family | 1920-12-xx !Fall 1920 | 1921-06-xx !Mar & Jun 1921 | Short Story |
| Nameless City !The Nameless City | 1921-01-xx !Jan 1921 | 1921-11-xx !Nov 1921 | Short Story |
| Quest of Iranon !The Quest of Iranon | 1921-02-28 !28 Feb 1921 | 1935-08-xx !Jul-Aug 1935 | Short Story |
| Moon-Bog !The Moon-Bog | 1921-03-09-xx !10 Mar 1921 | 1926-06-xx !Jun 1926 | Short Story |
| Ex Oblivione | 1921-03-xx !1920-Mar 1921 (unclear) | 1921-03-xx !Mar 1921 | Short Story |
| Other Gods !The Other Gods | 1921-08-14 !14 Aug 1921 | 1933-11-xx !Nov 1933 | Short Story |
| Outsider !The Outsider | 1921-09-xx !Spr-Sum 1921 | 1926-04-xx !Apr 1926 | Short Story |
| Music of Erich Zann !The Music of Erich Zann | 1921-12-xx !Dec 1921 | 1922-03-xx !Mar 1922 | Short Story |
| Sweet Ermengarde | 1921-xx !c.1919-21? | 1943-xx !1943 | Short Story |
| Hypnos | 1922-03-xx !Mar 1922 | 1923-05-xx !May 1923 | Short Story |
| What the Moon Brings | 1922-06-05 !5 Jun 1922 | 1923-05-xx !May 1923 | Short Story |
| Azathoth | 1922-06-xx !Fragment Jun 1922 | 1938-06-xx !Jun 1938 | Novel Fragment |
| Herbert West–Reanimator | 1922-06-xx !Oct 1921-Jun 1922 | 1922-07-xx !Feb-Jul 1922 | Short Story |
| Hound !The Hound | 1922-10-xx !Oct 1922 | 1924-02-xx !Feb 1924 | Short Story |
| Lurking Fear !The Lurking Fear | 1922-11-xx !Nov 1922 | 1923-04-xx !Jan-Apr 1923 | Short Story |
| Rats in the Walls !The Rats in the Walls | 1923-09-xx !Aug-Sep 1923 | 1924-03-xx !Mar 1924 | Short Story |
| Unnamable !The Unnamable | 1923-09-xx !Sep 1923 | 1925-07-xx !Jul 1925 | Short Story |
| Festival !The Festival | 1923-10-xx !Oct 1923 | 1925-01-xx !Jan 1925 | Short Story |
| Shunned House !The Shunned House | 1924-10-xx !Oct 1924 | 1937-10-xx !1937 | Short Story |
| Horror at Red Hook !The Horror at Red Hook | 1925-08-02 !1-2 Aug 1925 | 1927-01-xx !Jan 1927 | Short Story |
| He | 1925-08-11 !11 Aug 1925 | 1926-09-xx !Sep 1926 | Short Story |
| In the Vault | 1925-09-18 !18 Sep 1925 | 1925-11-xx !Nov 1925 | Short Story |
| Cool Air | 1926-02-xx !Feb 1926 | 1928-03-xx !Mar 1928 | Short Story |
| Call of Cthulhu !The Call of Cthulhu | 1926-09-xx !Aug-Sep 1926 | 1928-02-xx !Feb 1928 | Short Story |
| Pickman's Model | 1926-09-xx !Sep 1926 | 1927-10-xx !Oct 1927 | Short Story |
| Strange High House in the Mist !The Strange High House in the Mist | 1926-11-09 !9 Nov 1926 | 1931-10-xx !Oct 1931 | Short Story |
| Silver Key !The Silver Key | 1926-11-xx !Nov 1926 | 1929-01-xx !Jan 1929 | Short Story |
| Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath !The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath | 1927-01-22 !Oct 1926-22 Jan 1927 | 1943-xx !1943 | Novella |
| Case of Charles Dexter Ward !The Case of Charles Dexter Ward | 1927-03-01 !Jan-1 Mar 1927 | 1941-07-xx !May & Jul 1941 | Novel |
| Colour Out of Space !The Colour Out of Space | 1927-03-xx !Mar 1927 | 1927-09-xx !Sep 1927 | Short Story |
| Descendant !The Descendant | 1927-06-xx !Fragment early 1927 | 1938-xx !1938 | Short Story Fragment |
| Very Old Folk !The Very Old Folk | 1927-11-03 !3 Nov 1927 | 1940-09-xx !Sum 1940 | Short Story |
| History of the Necronomicon | 1927-12 !sketch Fall 1927 | 1938-xx !1938 | Brief Pseudo-history |
| Dunwich Horror !The Dunwich Horror | 1928-08-xx !Aug 1928 | 1929-04-xx !Apr 1929 | Short Story |
| Ibid | 1928-09-xx !Sum 1928 | 1938-01-xx !Jan 1938 | Short Story |
| Whisperer in Darkness !The Whisperer in Darkness | 1930-09-26 !24 Feb-26 Sep 1930 | 1931-08-xx !Aug 1931 | Short Story |
| At the Mountains of Madness | 1931-03-22 !24 Feb-22 Mar 1931 | 1936-04-xx !Feb-Apr 1936 | Novella |
| The Shadow Over Innsmouth | 1931-12-xx !Nov-Dec 1931 | 1936-04-xx !Apr 1936 | Novella |
| Dreams in the Witch House !The Dreams in the Witch House | 1932-02-xx !Feb 1932 | 1933-07-xx !Jul 1933 | Short Story |
| Thing on the Doorstep !The Thing on the Doorstep | 1933-08-24 !21-24 Aug 1933 | 1937-01-xx !Jan 1937 | Short Story |
| Book !The Book | 1933-10-xx !Fragment c.Oct 1933 | 1938-xx !1938 | Unfinished Short Story |
| Evil Clergyman !The Evil Clergyman | 1933-12-xx !Letter extract Fall 1933 | 1939-04-xx !Apr 1939 | Letter Excerpt |
| Shadow Out of Time !The Shadow Out of Time | 1935-02-22 !10 Nov 1934- 22 Feb 1935 | 1936-06-xx !Jun 1936 | Novella |
| Haunter of the Dark !The Haunter of the Dark | 1935-11-09 !5-9 Nov 1935 | 1936-12-xx !Dec 1936 | Short Story |
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Famous quotes containing the word fiction:
“... any fiction ... is bound to be transposed autobiography.”
—Elizabeth Bowen (1899–1973)
“The purpose of a work of fiction is to appeal to the lingering after-effects in the reader’s mind as differing from, say, the purpose of oratory or philosophy which respectively leave people in a fighting or thoughtful mood.”
—F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896–1940)
“... all fiction may be autobiography, but all autobiography is of course fiction.”
—Shirley Abbott (b. 1934)