The Case of Charles Dexter Ward
Lovecraft began writing "The Colour Out of Space" immediately after finishing his previous short novel, "The Case of Charles Dexter Ward", and in the midst of final revision on his horror fiction essay "Supernatural Horror in Literature". Seeking to create a truly alien life form, he drew inspiration from numerous fiction and nonfiction sources. First appearing in the September 1927 edition of Hugo Gernsback's science fiction magazine "Amazing Stories", "The Colour Out of Space" became one of Lovecraft's most popular works, and remained his personal favorite of his short stories. It has been adapted to film several times, as "Die, Monster, Die!" (1965), "The Curse" (1987), "Colour from the Dark" (2008), "The Colour Out of Space" ("Die Farbe") (2010) and "Color Out of Space" (2019).