▁describe ▁the ▁fict ional ▁universe ▁described ▁in ▁the ▁series ▁of ▁stories ▁shared ▁by ▁Love craft ▁and ▁other ▁writers ▁in ▁his ▁circle . ▁ ▁When ▁Love craft ▁died ▁in ▁ 1 9 3 7 , ▁Der le th ▁and ▁Donald ▁W and rei ▁assemble d ▁a ▁collection ▁of ▁Love craft ' s ▁stories ▁and ▁tried ▁to ▁get ▁them ▁published . ▁Ex isting ▁publish ers ▁showed ▁little ▁interest , ▁so ▁Der le th ▁and ▁W and rei ▁founded ▁Ark ham ▁House ▁in ▁ 1 9 3 9 ▁for ▁that ▁purpose . ▁The ▁name ▁of ▁the ▁company ▁derived ▁from ▁Love craft ' s ▁fict ional ▁town ▁of ▁Ark ham , ▁Massachusetts , ▁which ▁features ▁in ▁many ▁of ▁his ▁stories . ▁In ▁ 1 9 3 9 ▁Ark ham ▁House ▁published ▁The ▁Out s ider ▁and ▁O thers , ▁a ▁huge ▁collection ▁that ▁contained ▁most ▁of ▁Love craft ' s ▁known ▁short ▁stories . ▁Der le th ▁and ▁W and rei ▁soon ▁expanded ▁Ark ham ▁House ▁and ▁began ▁a ▁regular ▁publishing ▁schedule ▁after ▁its ▁second ▁book , ▁Some one ▁in ▁the ▁Dark , ▁a ▁collection ▁of ▁some ▁of ▁Der le th ' s ▁own ▁horror ▁stories , ▁was ▁published ▁ ▁in ▁ 1 9 4 1 . ▁ ▁Following ▁Love craft ' s ▁death , ▁Der le th ▁wrote ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁stories ▁based ▁on ▁fragments ▁and ▁notes ▁left ▁by ▁Love craft . ▁These ▁were ▁published ▁in ▁We ird ▁T ales ▁and ▁later ▁in ▁book ▁form , ▁under ▁the ▁by line ▁" H . ▁P . ▁Love