"The Shunned House" is a short story by H. P. Lovecraft in the horror fiction genre. Written on October 16-19, 1924, it was first published in the October 1937 issue of Weird Tales.The Shunned House of the title is based on an actual house in Providence, Rhode Island, built around 1763 and still standing at 135 Benefit Street; Lovecraft was familiar with the house because his aunt, Lillian Clark, lived there in 1919-20 as a companion to Mrs. H. C. Babbit.But it was another house in Elizabeth, New Jersey that actually provoked Lovecraft to write the story.
- ISBN10 1727671902
- ISBN13 9781727671902
- Publish Date 15 October 2018 (first published 16 October 2008)
- Publish Status Active
- Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
- Edition Large type / large print edition
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Pages 32
- Language English