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| Thing on the Doorstep |
Without doubt, Lovecraft is the father of modern horror genre. His influence on the genre as a whole cannot be underestimated. While lich owes its existence primarily from sword and sorcery genre, there are quite a number of beings and persons within Lovecraftian universe that can be retroactively considered liches in some shape or form.
Cold Air - Written in March 1926 and published in the March 1928 issue of Tales of Magic and Mystery. The story deals with the protagonist moving in a new apartment building, and meeting mysterious Dr. Muñoz, a "sworn enemy to death." Strange scents and ice cold temperatures of the doctor's apartment soon unfold a chilling secret. This story was inspired by Edgar A. Poe's "The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar."
The Case of Charles Dexter Ward is a short horror novel written in early 1927, but not published during the author's lifetime. The novel, set in 1928, describes how Charles Dexter Ward becomes obsessed with his distant ancestor, Joseph Curwen, an alleged wizard with unsavory habits. Ward physically resembles Curwen, and attempts to duplicate his ancestor's Qabalistic and alchemical feats. Ward's doctor, Marinus Bicknell Willett, investigates Ward's activities and is horrified by what he finds.
The Thing on the Doorstep is a horror short story by American writer H. P. Lovecraft, part of the Cthulhu Mythos universe. It was written in August 1933, and first published in the January 1937 issue of Weird Tales. In a lot of ways, "The Thing on the Doorstep" uses the same story elements and tropes of "The Case of Charles Dexter Ward;" however, whereas "The Case" dealt primarily with temporal transmigration of souls, "The Thing" has enough new elements to make it one of the essential early lich stories.
Cold Air - Written in March 1926 and published in the March 1928 issue of Tales of Magic and Mystery. The story deals with the protagonist moving in a new apartment building, and meeting mysterious Dr. Muñoz, a "sworn enemy to death." Strange scents and ice cold temperatures of the doctor's apartment soon unfold a chilling secret. This story was inspired by Edgar A. Poe's "The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar."
The Case of Charles Dexter Ward is a short horror novel written in early 1927, but not published during the author's lifetime. The novel, set in 1928, describes how Charles Dexter Ward becomes obsessed with his distant ancestor, Joseph Curwen, an alleged wizard with unsavory habits. Ward physically resembles Curwen, and attempts to duplicate his ancestor's Qabalistic and alchemical feats. Ward's doctor, Marinus Bicknell Willett, investigates Ward's activities and is horrified by what he finds.
The Thing on the Doorstep is a horror short story by American writer H. P. Lovecraft, part of the Cthulhu Mythos universe. It was written in August 1933, and first published in the January 1937 issue of Weird Tales. In a lot of ways, "The Thing on the Doorstep" uses the same story elements and tropes of "The Case of Charles Dexter Ward;" however, whereas "The Case" dealt primarily with temporal transmigration of souls, "The Thing" has enough new elements to make it one of the essential early lich stories.
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