The Dreams in the Witch House
short story by H. P. Lovecraft
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Summary
The Dreams in the Witch House is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of literary work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,584 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Author: H. P. Lovecraft[3]
- Genre: horror fiction[4], science fiction[5], weird fiction[6]
- Part of the series: Dream Cycle[7]
- Commons category: The Dreams in the Witch House[8]
- Language of work or name: English[9]
- Country of origin: United States[10]
- Inception: 1932[11]
- Publication date: July 1933[12]
- Characters: Nyarlathotep[13]
- Published in: Weird Tales[14], The Sleeping and the Dead[15], Horror Omnibus[16], Great Untold Stories of Fantasy and Horror[17], To Sleep, Perchance to Dream...Nightmare[18]
- Title: The Dreams in the Witch House[19]
- First line: Whether the dreams brought on the fever or the fever brought on the dreams Walter Gilman did not know.[20]
- Last line: The workmen crossed themselves in fright when they came upon this blasphemy, but later burned candles of gratitude in St. Stanislaus' Church because of the shrill, ghostly tittering they felt they would never hear again.[21]
- Copyright status: public domain[22]
- Form of creative work: short story[23]
Why It Matters
The Dreams in the Witch House has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24] It is known by 16 alternative names across languages and contexts.[25]