The Unnamable (short story)

"The Unnamable"
Short story by H. P. Lovecraft
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CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Genre(s)Horror
Publication
Published inWeird Tales
Publication date1925

"The Unnamable" is a horror short story by American author H. P. Lovecraft. It was written in September 1923, first published in the July 1925 issue of Weird Tales, and first collected in Beyond the Wall of Sleep in 1943. The corrected text appears in Dagon and Other Macabre Tales, (revised ed, 1986). The story's locale was inspired by the Charter Street Historic District Burying Ground in Salem.