Facts Concerning the Late Arthur Jermyn and His Family; With a Dedication by George Henry Weiss

When a family tree sprouts in the wrong soil, the fruits of its ancestry are monstrous.

The Jermyn family has always been known for its eccentricities, particularly a persistent, unnerving physical strangeness--a quality that grows more pronounced with each generation. The current heir, Sir Arthur Jermyn, is a brilliant but sensitive young man obsessed with tracing his family's long, tangled line back to its source.

Arthur's research takes him on a dizzying journey through centuries of rumor, madness, and whispers of a scandalous, impossible union. He uncovers the tale of his great-great-great grandfather, a 17th-century explorer who ventured into the deepest Congo and returned with a magnificent, otherworldly "white gorilla wife."

However, when a taxidermied relic from that dark expedition finally arrives at the Jermyn estate, Arthur discovers the horrifying, ultimate truth of his lineage. The monstrous reality behind his family's appearance is not merely an unspeakable liaison, but a grotesque, primal kinship that shatters his sanity.

H. P. Lovecraft delivers one of his most deeply unsettling stories of hereditary horror and degeneration. "Facts Concerning the Late Arthur Jermyn and His Family" is a terrifying meditation on the fear of what we are, and the grotesque, subhuman secrets that bloodlines can carry from the darkest corners of the world.

Author: H. P. Lovecraft,George Henry Weiss
Publisher: Fantasy and Horror Classics
Published: 07/15/2011
Pages: 22
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.09lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.05d
ISBN: 9781447418351

About the Author
Lovecraft, H. P.: - Howard Phillips Lovecraft (1890 1937) was an American writer born in Providence, Rhode Island. Best known for his work in the science, fantasy and horror fiction genres, Lovecraft s writings are now studied worldwide. One of his most famous creations is the Cthulhu Mythos. Although he was unable to support himself through writing during his lifetime, Lovecraft s legacy has lived on. Many well-established horror authors have cited Lovecraft as a major influence, including Stephen King.