"The Outsider" is a short story by American horror writer H. P. Lovecraft. Written between March and August 1921, it was first published in Weird Tales, April 1926. In this work, a mysterious man who has been living alone in a castle for as long as he can remember decides to break free in search of human contact and light. "The Outsider" is one of Lovecraft's most commonly reprinted works and is also one of the most popular stories ever to be published in Weird Tales.
"The Alchemist" by H. P. Lovecraft
"Demons of the Sea" by William Hope Hodgson
"The Death of Halpin Frayser" by Ambrose Bierce
"Caterpillars" by E. F. Benson
"An Unnatural Feud" by Norman Douglas
"The Hound" / Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos
"To Build a Fire" by Jack London
"Catnip" by Robert Bloch
"The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
"A Suspicious Gift" by Algernon Blackwood
"Oh, Whistle, and I'll Come to You, My Lad" by M. R. James
"The Black Stone" by Robert E. Howard / A Cthulhu Mythos Story
"The Crawling Chaos" by H. P. Lovecraft
"Chickamauga" by Ambrose Bierce
"The Thing From the Barrens" / A Tale of Arctic Horror by Jim Kjelgaard
"The Horror from the Mound" / A Tale of Vampirism by Robert E. Howard
The Gateway of the Monster: A Carnacki, the Ghost-Finder Story
"The Lurking Fear" by H. P. Lovecraft
"The Mandrakes" by Clark Ashton Smith
"Stranger at Dusk" / A Rare Weird Tale by Malcolm Murchie
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