Howard Phillips Lovecraft (1890-1937) was an American writer of weird fiction, fantasy, and cosmic horror, who is probably best known for his creation of the "Cthulhu Mythos". His short story, "The Beast in the Cave", was first published in the June 1918 issue of The Vagrant. His first draft of the story was written at the age of fourteen, and so it is largely regarded as an example of Lovecraftian Juvenilia. We’re building a digital archive of short fiction forms from the classic, golden age, and pulp fiction era of science fiction and fantasy: a central repository of out-of-print stories of three thousand words or less. You can read Lovecraft's original story on our website, along with the rest of the flash fiction and short stories featured in our podcast. For more information, go to www.cyborgink.com.