March 24, 1927

Dear C A S:—

I've just written a new tale—or atmospheric study—which I'll shew you when I get it typed. It's called The Colour Out of Space, & it tells of something that came down into the hills west of Arkham. Cook, by the way, means to publish my Shunned House sooner than he thought. He has asked Long to write a preface, though I tell him that a preface to a short story is absurd.

Yr most obt
H P L

Selected Letters (Arkham House) 264