window, and decides to visit it. Reception In a discussion of Lovecraft's work, Fritz Leiber described the "Haunter of the Dark" as "one of his finer tales (and his last)". The horror historian R. S. Hadji included "The Haunter of the Dark" on his list of the most frightening horror stories. Adaptations Gene Colan illustrated a ten-page comic-book adaptation in Marvel's Journey into Mystery #4 (1973). Alberto Breccia illustrated a seventeen-page adaptation in 1975. John Coulthart illustrated another version of the story in 1988 that was reprinted in The Haunter of the Dark: And Other Grotesque Visions in 1999. Robert Cappelletto took elements of the story for his 2009 feature film Pickman's Muse. The Robert Bloch Award The Robert Bloch Award is presented at the annual Necronomicon convention. Its recipient in 2013 was editor and scholar S. T. Joshi. The award is in the shape of the Shining Trapezohedron. Notes References Sources Lovecraft, Howard P. "The Haunter of the Dark" (1936) in The Dunwich Horror and Others, S. T. Joshi (ed.), Sauk City, WI: Arkham House, 1984. . Definitive version. With explanatory footnotes. External links Full-text at The H. P. Lovecraft Archive Audio recording of the story at 19 Nocturne Boulevard Audio recording of the story at the HP Lovecraft Literary Podcast 1936 short stories Cthulhu Mythos short stories Fantasy short stories Fiction set in 1935 Horror short stories Rhode Island in fiction Short stories adapted into films Short stories by H. P. Lovecraft Works originally published in Weird Tales