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description: The Terrible Old Man is a short story by H. P. Lovecraft written on January 28 1920 and first published in the Tryout an amateur press publication in July 1921. It's notable as the first story to make use of Lovecraft's imaginary New England setting introducing the fictional town of Kingsport.The Terrible Old Man is a strange elderly man so old that no one can remember when he was young and so taciturn that few know his real name. He lives alone in an ancient house on Water Street in the town of Kingsport.The Terrible Old Man reappears in the story The Strange High House in the Mist in a more benevolent role.
language: English
title: The Terrible Old Man
publisher: None