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It's not the dead body - Jack Leightner has seen hundred of bodies in his tour with the NYPD. It's not the dank setting - the narrow banks along Brooklyn's Gowanus Canal. So why does the sight of the fatally stabbed young man make the detective almost faint in the canal's tangled weeds? Jack doesn't understand why he becomes obsessed with this low-priority case, why he allows it to jeopardize his career and even his life. Especially since the investigation draws him exactly where he doesn't want to go: into the heart of Red Hook.

Enter the unsettling imagination of H. P. Lovecraft with The Selected Short Stories of H. P. Lovecraft, a chilling collection that showcases the full range of his cosmic horror and dark fantasy. These tales explore forbidden knowledge, ancient forces, and humanity’s fragile place in an indifferent universe—hallmarks of Lovecraft’s enduring influence on modern horror and speculative fiction.

Step into the shadows of H. P. Lovecraft’s “The Horror at Red Hook”, a chilling tale of urban decay, forbidden knowledge, and cosmic terror. Set in the labyrinthine streets of Brooklyn’s Red Hook, this story plunges readers into a world where human depravity intertwines with ancient sorcery. Detective Thomas F. Malone’s investigation unravels a series of dark secrets, cult rituals, and unearthly horrors hidden beneath the city’s surface.

1957. Was geht vor im New Yorker Stadtteil Red Hook? Inspektor Marlowe vermutet gotteslästernde Rituale, Opferungen und schwarze Messen. Aber ihm fehlen die Beweise. Dann lernt er den mysteriösen Robert Sydham kennen. Er heftet sich an dessen Fersen - und plötzlich überschlagen sich die Ereignisse.

The story begins with Detective Malone describing an on-duty incident in Red Hook, Brooklyn, that gave him a phobia of large buildings. Back-tracking to where it all began, the Brooklyn waterfront slum Red Hook is described in detail, with its gangs and crime, and hinting at an occult underbelly. The "case of Robert Suydam" is then told to be the driving force behind Malone's federally ordered involvement at Red Hook. Suydam's demeanor changes suddenly. Known as a shabby recluse, he is seen around town looking younger and more radiant.

"The Horror at Red Hook" is a short story by American writer H. P. Lovecraft. Written on August 1-2, 1925, it was first published in the January 1927 issue of Weird Tales. The story begins with Detective Malone describing an on-duty incident in Red Hook, Brooklyn, that gave him a phobia of large buildings. Back-tracking to where it all began, Red Hook is described in detail, with its gangs and crime, and hinting at an occult underbelly.

Das Grauen von Red Hook ist eine Kurzgeschichte von H. P. Lovecraft, die erstmals 1927 veröffentlicht worden ist. Sie dreht sich um fürchterliche Verbrechen und schreckliche Rituale in einem Stadtviertel von New York. Thomas F. Malone ist ein Detektiv der New Yorker Stadtpolizei. Er untersucht die Geschehnisse in Red Hook, einem Stadtviertel in New York, dessen Einwohner als besonders verkommen und kriminell gelten.

In the shadowed streets and decaying buildings of Red Hook, New York, Detective Thomas Malone encounters horrors beyond human comprehension. Sent to investigate a series of strange events in this sinister neighborhood, he discovers a dark world of ancient rituals, occult practices, and hidden mysteries lurking beneath the city’s surface. As Malone delves deeper, he finds himself facing powers that defy all rational thought, leading him into a nightmare he may never escape.

Unspeakable rituals are performed by an occult group residing in the Red Hook region of New York City in this haunting short story by H P Lovecraft, and told by Mike Vendetti.

Lovecraft’s gothic horror masterpiece. During an investigation in Red Hook, Detective Thomas F. Malone, and discovers horrors that he never imagined. A horror classic.

In great cities of the world, humanity congregates, and commerce, culture, and cosmopolitan sophistication blossom in their gardens. But in the shadows that lie beyond the broad boulevards and glare of electric lights, great cities give birth to something else. In these shadows thrives a dim underworld, peopled by nefarious characters brought together from every godforsaken corner of the globe. Can a lone policeman make a stand for decency against the godless denizens of New York’s most loathsome slum, or will he find himself consumed by the filth and depravity of nameless cults?

The story begins with Detective Malone describing an on-duty incident in Red Hook, Brooklyn, that gave him a phobia of large buildings. Back-tracking to where it all began, the Brooklyn waterfront slum Red Hook is described in detail, with its gangs and crime, and hinting at an occult underbelly. The "case of Robert Suydam" is then told to be the driving force behind Malone's federally ordered involvement at Red Hook. Suydam's demeanor changes suddenly. Known as a shabby recluse, he is seen around town looking younger and more radiant.

The Horror at Red Hook is a short story by American writer H. P. Lovecraft, written on August 1–2, 1925. Red Hook is a transitional tale, situated between the author's earlier work and the later Cthulhu Mythos. Although the story depicts a sinister cult, this cult offers a conventionally occult devil-worshipping threat, rather than the cosmic threat depicted in his later work. Living in poverty in the slum of Red Hook at the time of writing, Lovecraft was at this time urgently attempting to widen his markets in the pulp magazines.

廃人同然となって療養中の刑事トマス・F・マロウン。このような状態になったのは、人種入り混じるニューヨークのレッド・フック地区で起こった奇妙で説明の付かない怪事件のためである。謎につぐ謎の果て、強制捜査に踏み込んだマロウンを待ち受けたものとは!?ホラーの奇才H・P・ラヴクラフトによる短編作品。 我々の周囲には、神聖なる誓いがあるのと同様、邪悪なる誓いというものも存在する。私の考えでは、我々が生活をしているのは未知なる世界であり、その地には洞窟があり、影があり、また薄闇の住人もいる。人が時として進化の道筋を逆行することもあろうし、恐ろしい言い伝えはまだ死んでいないと私は信じている。 アーサー・マッケン…。