The Whisperer in Darkness is a novella by American writer H. P. Lovecraft, written between February and September 1930 and first published in the August 1931 issue of Weird Tales. It blends horror with science fiction, marking a shift in Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos writing toward extraterrestrial rather than purely supernatural menace, and introduces the Mi-Go, an alien race of fungoid creatures who harvest human brains for interstellar travel. The story follows a Vermont folklorist drawn into investigating reports of strange creatures in the hills near his home. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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The Whisperer in Darkness is a 26,000-word novella by American writer H. P. Lovecraft.
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The Whisperer in Darkness is a 26,000-word novella by American writer H. P. Lovecraft. Written February-September 1930, it was first published in Weird Tales, August 1931. Similar to "The Colour Out of Space" (1927), it is a blend of horror and science fiction.
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Genre: Horror, science fiction
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Genre: Horror, science fiction
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Author: H. P. Lovecraft
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